How to Monitor Number of Active TCP Sessions on PaloAlto Firewalls

How to Monitor Number of Active TCP Sessions on PaloAlto Firewalls

Quick Start

Step 1: Login to Nectus and go to Monitoring -> Network Monitoring Settings -> Custom SNMP Trackers.

Step 2: Click on the Create button to create a new SNMP Custom Tracker that will be collecting number of active TCP sessions every 5min.

Palo Alto SNMP OID that returns number of active TCP sessions: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.3.4.0

Step 3: Enable the tracker, provide the tracker name, SNMP OID, unit name and data type.

Alerting option can be enable with predefined threshold value.

Step 4: If not created in advance, create the SNMP Device View by clicking the + (plus) button.

Provide the view name and select the Palo Alto Firewalls from available device list for monitoring.

 

Click “Ok” to finish tracker creation.

Step 5: For reporting, Go to the Reports -> “Top” reports -> Top Custom SNMP Trackers

Step 6: Select the appropriate report and tracker name to get the max. and min. values.

Click on the Graph button to get the tracker trend in visual form.

 

Done.