Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent VPN timeouts and other issues.
Of course, monitoring your Cisco ASA firewall is important… But it can be a real pain when you must go through all generated logs manually and use CLI commands to filter the results. Paessler PRTG is designed to make your life easier with automated monitoring that helps you keep your network secure and performant.
What do Cisco ASA and PRTG have in common? They both support NetFlow natively, which makes it easy to monitor the network traffic on your Cisco ASA devices with PRTG’s preconfigured NetFlow sensors.
They can help you spot bandwidth bottlenecks or unusual traffic patterns that could indicate a security breach.
PRTG gives you a clear view of what’s going on inside your network. It keeps an eye on how your Cisco ASA firewalls are performing and lets you know immediately if there are any issues.
You can track VPN connections and user activity with the dedicated Cisco ASA sensors to easily spot unusual behavior. This way, you are able to quickly respond to potential security threats.
When your Cisco ASA devices send syslog messages, you can count on PRTG to help you analyze these syslogs effectively with its native Syslog Receiver sensor.
This makes it easier for you to investigate incidents and comply with your organization’s security policies. You can also use PRTG to analyze syslog data and troubleshoot issues like IP conflicts or authentication problems. Get a clear view on the performance of your firewalls.
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking your Cisco ASA firewalls and applications. Show bandwidth usage, CPU load, available memory, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot all kinds of security and performance issues.
Detail view of the SNMP Cisco ASA VPN traffic sensor
Live traffic data graph in PRTG
Detail view of the SNMP Cisco ASA VPN connections sensor
Detail view of the SNMP Cisco ASA VPN users sensor
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PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!
The NetFlow v5 sensor receives traffic data from a NetFlow v5-compatible device and shows the traffic by type. This sensor has several filter options to divide traffic into different channels. It can show the following and more:
The NetFlow v9 sensor receives traffic data from a NetFlow v9-compatible device and shows the traffic by type. This sensor has several filter options to divide traffic into different channels. It can show the following and more:
The Syslog Receiver sensor receives and analyzes Syslog messages. It can show the following:
The SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections sensor monitors the VPN connections on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance. It can show the following:
The SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users sensor monitors account connections to a VPN on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance. It can show the following:
See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
If you want to keep your network secure and perform well, real-time traffic analysis is an essential tool for you to have.
PRTG provides you with live traffic data via SNMP, NetFlow, IPFIX, and packet sniffing to track bandwidth usage, discover anomalies, and find out where to take a closer look and what to do to optimize performance.
Automated alerts are a must-have for any modern network monitoring environment. Set up custom notifications to flag critical events while avoiding false positives, so you’re always informed about anything that needs your immediate attention.
This helps you zoom in on the areas that need more investigation or debugging, reducing unnecessary and costly downtime.
Create your own dashboards to see everything that you want to know about your network’s health and performance at a glance.
Use PRTG’s historical data and generate reports that fit the needs of different stakeholders, from IT teams to management, to analyze trends. This way, you can make informed decisions about where to optimize your LAN, WAN, VLAN, or VPN.
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent timeouts and other VPN issues.
PRTG is set up in a matter of minutes and can be used on a wide variety of mobile devices.
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Combining PRTG’s broad monitoring feature set with IP Fabric’s automated network assurance creates a new level of network visibility and reliability.
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Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
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Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) is a series of enterprise-grade firewalls that offer advanced security features like VPN support, intrusion prevention, and advanced malware protection. Cisco ASA devices are widely used to protect network infrastructure from both internal and external threats.
Monitoring Cisco ASA helps keep your network secure and perform at its best. With lots of traffic, changes to settings, and new threats, monitoring helps find and fix problems quickly. This keeps your firewall strong against new cyber threats.
A failover link is a dedicated connection between two Cisco ASA devices that enables them to share critical information, such as session details and configurations, to maintain network security and performance. The ASDM (Adaptive Security Device Manager) or CLI (Command Line Interface) can be used to configure interfaces and IP addresses for these links.
Failover links are vital for high availability because they ensure that if the active unit fails, the standby unit can immediately take over as a last failover, maintaining continuous service and minimizing disruptions in network connectivity.
To get the best performance and reliability from your Cisco ASA, you need to set up failover links correctly. Use dedicated interfaces for the failover links to avoid congestion and enable high-speed data transfer. Also, use different IP addresses for the failover links to avoid conflicts and ensure smooth operation.
Testing the failover configuration regularly ensures it works correctly and allows for a seamless switch to a standby device in case of a failure. Monitoring the status of failover links with monitoring software like Paessler PRTG continuously helps detect potential issues early on, while keeping a detailed record of all configurations and changes facilitates a quick and smooth recovery from any network disruptions.
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive. On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier.
Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network.
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