Description

Monitors the Palo Alto firewall’s high-availability(HA) state of Active/Primary node and this template should be applied only on Primary node. Apply this template only when failover configured on these nodes. [panSysHAState - 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.1.11.0]

Prerequisites

SNMP should be enabled in end device and device should support PAN-COMMON-MIB and SNMP credentials should be attached against the device in portal.

Note: This template should be applied only on Primary node, it should not be applied on Secondary node. Apply this template only when failover/HA mode configured on these nodes.

Metric Parameters

Metric Parameters
ParameterDescription
Frequency
  • Frequency is the interval in which you want to probe and collect metric data from the target device/resource
  • Frequency is defined in minutes (min).
  • Warning ThresholdIf the metric value satisfies the condition defined along with Warning Threshold value, then a notification is sent to the user.
    Critical ThresholdIf the metric value satisfies the condition defined along with Critical Threshold value, then a notification is sent to the user.
    AlertThe alert value can be set to either Yes or No. If it is Yes, then an alert message is sent to the user.

    Metrics

    paloalto.primary.node.ha.state

    Metric Details

    Metric Details
    Applicable forDevice
    SNMP OID1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.1.11.0,
    1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.1.12.0, 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.1.13.0
    ExpressionpanSysHAState
    DescriptionMonitors the Palo Alto Active/Primary node's high-availability(HA) state and alerts if it equals to Passive. [OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.1.11.0 - panSysHAState]
    CategorySNMP monitors
    Collector TypeGateway
    Monitor NamePA-FW - HA State - Primary
    Unit

    Possible Inputs

    Possible Inputs
    MetricInput ValueRange of Values
    Frequency51 – 1440 (mins)
    Filter
    Warning Operator
    Warning Threshold
    Warning Repeat Count
    Critical OperatorEQUALS_IGNORE_CASEEnds with, ==, !=, >=, <=, >, <, In Range, Out of range, Equals, Not equals, Equals Ignore Case, Not Equals Ignore Case, Contains, Not contains, Regex match, Regex no match, In string list, Not in string list, In List, Not in list, Starts with
    Critical Thresholdpassive[{"active":"1"},{"passive":"2"},{"disabled":"3"},{"unknown":"4"}]
    Critical Repeat Count11-12
    AlertYesYes/No
    Graph (Yes/No)YesYes/No

    Sample Output

    HA State – Primary

    HA State – Primary