Monitor Dell Sonicwall (firewall) with Netdata over SNMP. Netdata recognizes the device automatically by its sysObjectID (recognized across 1 device identifiers) and collects the metrics this profile declares — on top of the generic SNMP baseline — with no manual OID configuration.
Netdata’s SNMP collector matches the device to the dell-sonicwall.yaml profile via sysObjectID/sysDescr, then polls the OIDs it declares.
This integration is supported on all platforms.
This integration supports multiple instances configured side-by-side.
Default Behavior
Auto-Detection
Auto-detected as Dell Sonicwall via sysObjectID/sysDescr.
Limits
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits.
Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
SNMP must be enabled on the device and reachable from the Netdata Agent acting as the site’s SNMP hub.
Configuration
Options
Configure the SNMP collector with the device hostname and SNMP credentials. See the SNMP collector reference for all options.
via UI
Configure the snmp collector from the Netdata web interface:
Go to Nodes.
Select the node where you want the snmp data-collection job to run and click the :gear: (Configure this node). That node will run the data collection.
The Collectors → Jobs view opens by default.
In the Search box, type snmp (or scroll the list) to locate the snmp collector.
Click the + next to the snmp collector to add a new job.
Fill in the job fields, then click Test to verify the configuration and Submit to save.
Test runs the job with the provided settings and shows whether data can be collected.
If it fails, an error message appears with details (for example, connection refused, timeout, or command execution errors), so you can adjust and retest.
via File
The configuration file name for this integration is go.d/snmp.conf.
The file format is YAML. Generally, the structure is:
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/snmp.conf
Examples
There are no configuration examples.
Metrics
On top of the generic SNMP baseline (the Generic SNMP Device integration — interfaces, system, IP/TCP/UDP, host resources), this Dell Sonicwall profile adds the metrics below. Each is collected only where the device exposes the matching OID — inclusion means the profile requests it; availability depends on the device model and software.
19 metrics in 9 groups; each row is a chart context usable in alerts.
Group
Metrics
Network / IPSec
1
Network / Interface
4
Network / NAT
1
Network / VPN
5
Security / DPI
3
Security / Firewall
2
System / CPU
1
System / Memory
1
System / Uptime
1
Network / IPSec
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_sonicSAStatOutFragPktCount
{packet}/s
per sonic_sa_stat_user_name
Outgoing Fragmented packet count for this phase2 SA
Network / Interface
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_ifAdminStatus
{status}
per interface, interface
Current administrative state of the interface
snmp.device_prof_ifHighSpeed
bit/s
per interface, interface
Estimate of the interface’s current bandwidth
snmp.device_prof_ifNumber
{interface}
device
Number of network interfaces regardless of their current state present on this system
snmp.device_prof_ifOperStatus
{status}
per interface, interface
Current operational state of the interface
Network / NAT
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_sonicNatTranslationCount
{translation}
device
Current number of dynamic NAT translations being performed
Network / VPN
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_sonicSAStatDecryptByteCount
By/s
per sonic_sa_stat_user_name
Total decrypted byte count for this phase2 SA
snmp.device_prof_sonicSAStatDecryptPktCount
{packet}/s
per sonic_sa_stat_user_name
Total decrypted packet count for this phase2 SA
snmp.device_prof_sonicSAStatEncryptByteCount
By/s
per sonic_sa_stat_user_name
Total encrypted byte count for this phase2 SA
snmp.device_prof_sonicSAStatEncryptPktCount
{packet}/s
per sonic_sa_stat_user_name
Total encrypted packet count for this phase2 SA
snmp.device_prof_sonicSAStatInFragPktCount
{packet}/s
per sonic_sa_stat_user_name
Incoming Fragmented packet count for this phase2 SA
Security / DPI
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_sonicDpiSslConnCountCur
{connection}
device
Current SSL-inspected connections through the firewall
snmp.device_prof_sonicDpiSslConnCountHighWater
{connection}
device
Highwater SSL-inspected connections through the firewall
snmp.device_prof_sonicDpiSslConnCountMax
{connection}
device
Maximum SSL-inspected connections through the firewall
Security / Firewall
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_sonicCurrentConnCacheEntries
{entry}
device
Number of active connection cache entries through the firewall
snmp.device_prof_sonicMaxConnCacheEntries
{entry}
device
Maximum number of connection cache entries allowed through the firewall
System / CPU
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_cpu_usage
%
device
The current CPU utilization
System / Memory
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_memory_usage
%
device
Instantaneous RAM Utilization in percent
System / Uptime
Metric (chart context)
Unit
Scope
Description
snmp.device_prof_systemUptime
s
device
Time since the system was last rebooted or powered on.
Alerts
There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.
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