Bandwidth monitoring and reporting for SonicWall NS240

[Sainyam]

Hello,

I wanted to monitor bandwidth utilization and get daily/monthly/annually reports for particular interface (Let’s say X1) on SonicWall NS240 Firewall.

Can you help in figuring out that whether it can be possible via CactiEZ or not?

I want a graphical based report of bandwidth usage. I had tried SonicWall Analyzer 7.0 but the report it generates is based on "Connections" and "Transferred"

But I am looking for a report based on bandwidth ups/downs on particular interface.


Thanks in Advance
Hope to hear from your side soon.

[gandalf]

Simple bandwidth (==traffic) usage only requires SNMP support on the firewall, nothing magic. And traffic graphs are included in all Cacti packages
R.

[Sainyam]

Hello Gandalf,

WOW

Thanks for your reply. I will now looking, how I can deploy and configure cacti to get the desired reports?

[gandalf]

See 1st link of my sig for full-fledged walkthroughs.
In case you want more automation, consider using AUTOM8 plugin. But for a better understanding, I recommend using the "manual way" at least for some hosts to know what's going on behind the scenes
R.

[Sainyam]

Hi,

I have installed CactiEZ, and added my SonicWall NSA 240 Firewall, But i am not able to find bandwidth usage graph.

Please help me which template or plugin I need to download to get the graphs and how to configure it?


Thanks in Advance.

[Sainyam]

Hello Support,

I have enabled the SNMP on my Firewall SonicWall NSA 2400, but still i while adding Firewall under devices i am getting SNMP error.

I have tried all the versions of SNMP.

Do i need to create a rule in the firewall as well?

thanks

[Sainyam]

Hello,

I dont know what to do next, I am able to create Graphs easily with PRTG tool, same SNMP version and Same Port.

Any there anyone who have configured Cacti for bandwidth monitoring of SonicWall NSA 2400?

Please help me.

Thanks.

[gandalf]

Do i need to create a rule in the firewall as well?

You'll have to make sure, that the firewall answeres to SNMP requests coming from your Cacti system.
R.

[Sainyam]

Hi,


I don't why its so strange, I am able to get SNMP via Host Monitor and PRTG tool but Cacti.

I have planned to redeploy it from scratch.

-Sainyam

[gandalf]

In case PRTG is running on a different machine, you may have a FW rule in place for that very machine but perhaps not for the Cacti machine
R.

[Sainyam]

Hello,

Please review my screen shots.

Adding Device Information Getting SNMP error.



Ran verbose query



When I use the same OID on same server via MIB broswer of Host Monitor, I am getting response



Please review.

-Sainyam

[gandalf]

Please review my screen shots.

Please include images directly to the posts
R.

[Sainyam]

Hello,

Adding Device Information Getting SNMP error.



Ran verbose query


When I use the same OID on same server via MIB broswer of Host Monitor, I am getting response

[gandalf]

We are querying a specific SNMP OID out of the "system" table (sysDescr). If this is empty, you will receive the errors seen in your screenshots.
To verify, please perform a manual snmpwalk like "snmpwalk -c public -v 1 <your device> system" and post results
R.

[Sainyam]

Hi,

Here the result of "snmpwalk -c public -v 1 10.1.1.1 system"



C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads>snmpwalk -c public -v 1 10.1.1.1 system
MIB search path: C:\php\extras\mibs
Cannot find module (SNMPv2-SMI): At line 7 in C:\php\extras\mibs/IP-MIB.txt
Cannot find module (SNMPv2-TC): At line 11 in C:\php\extras\mibs/IP-MIB.txt
Cannot find module (INET-ADDRESS-MIB): At line 15 in C:\php\extras\mibs/IP-MIB.t
xt
Cannot find module (SNMPv2-MIB): At line 12 in C:\php\extras\mibs/IF-MIB.txt
Cannot find module (IANAifType-MIB): At line 13 in C:\php\extras\mibs/IF-MIB.txt

Cannot find module (IF-MIB): At line 16 in C:\php\extras\mibs/IP-MIB.txt
Cannot find module (IP-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (TCP-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (UDP-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (HOST-RESOURCES-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB): At line 11 in C:\php\extras\mibs/NOTIFI
CATION-LOG-MIB.txt
Cannot find module (NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (UCD-SNMP-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (UCD-DEMO-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (SNMP-TARGET-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (NET-SNMP-MIB): At line 12 in C:\php\extras\mibs/NET-SNMP-AGE
NT-MIB.txt
Cannot find module (NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (DISMAN-EVENT-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (UCD-DLMOD-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (SNMP-MPD-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB): At line 1 in (none)
Cannot find module (SNMPv2-TM): At line 1 in (none)
SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: SonicWALL NSA 240 (SonicOS Enhanced 5.8.1.5-46o
)
SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.8741.1
DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (572854899) 66 days, 7:15:48.99

SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING:
SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: NY1 Firewall
SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING:
SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 79



I am reading how to create SNMP XML. I will try to create one in which I will mention the OIDs of interface and its input/output then I will try to execute it.
-Sainyam