SNMP FOR MONITORING PALO ALTO NETWORKS DEVICES
SNMP HARDWARE PAN-OS
Symptom
The lists below shows useful OIDs from various MIBs for performing basic SNMP monitoring of the Palo Alto Networks device.
Resolution
Useful PAN-OS OID Examples
Item | Name | OID | Source MIB | Description |
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CPU util on management plane | hrProcessorLoad.1 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.3.1.2.1 | HOST-RESOURCES-MIB | CPU load average over last 60 seconds. This value will match the value shown on the GUI dashboard-> resource information-> % CPU in PAN-OS 3.x |
Utilization of CPUs on dataplane that are used for system functions | hrProcessorLoad.2 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.3.1.2.2 | HOST-RESOURCES-MIB | CPU load average over last 60 seconds |
Management plane memory and dataplane packet buffer |
hrStorageTable | 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2.3 | HOST-RESOURCES-MIB |
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Names of each interface on the device | ifDescr.1 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.1 | RFC1213-MIB | example: MGMT |
ifDescr.2 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.2 | RFC1213-MIB | example: HA | |
ifDescr.3 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.3 | RFC1213-MIB | example: ethernet1/1 | |
ifDescr.4 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.4 | RFC1213-MIB | example: ethernet1/2 | |
ifDescr.5 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.5 | RFC1213-MIB | example: ethernet1/3 | |
ifDescr.6 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.6 | RFC1213-MIB | example: ethernet1/4 | |
ifDescr.7 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.7 | RFC1213-MIB | example: ethernet1/5 | |
ifDescr.8 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.8 | RFC1213-MIB | example: ethernet1/6 | |
ifDescr.9 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.9 | RFC1213-MIB | example: ethernet1/7 | |
ifDescr.10 | 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.10 | RFC1213-MIB | example: ethernet1/8 | |
Interface up/down status |