Foundry Networks IronWare Router and Switch

• What is Discovered and Monitored
• Configuration
• Settings for Access Credentials

What is Discovered and Monitored

Protocol	Information Discovered	Metrics collected	Used for
SNMP (V1, V2c)	Host name, Ironware version, Hardware model, Network interfaces,	Uptime, CPU and Memory utilization, Network Interface metrics (utilization, bytes sent and received, packets sent and received, errors, discards and queue lengths)	Availability and Performance Monitoring
Telnet/SSH	Running and startup configuration	Startup configuration change, delta between running and startup configuration	Performance Monitoring, Security and Compliance
SNMP (V1, V2c)	Trunk port connectivity between switches and VLANs carried over a trunk port, End host Layer 2 port mapping: switch interface to VLAN id, end host IP/MAC address association		Topology and end-host location
Syslog	Device type	System logs and traffic logs matching acl statements	Availability, Security and Compliance

Event Types

In ADMIN > Device Support > Event, search for "foundry_ironware" in the Description column to see the event types associated with this device. 

Rules

There are no predefined rules for this device. 

Reports

There are no predefined reports for this device. 

Settings for Access Credentials 

Set these Access Method Definition values to allow FortiSIEM to communicate with your device.

Setting	Value
Name	<set name>
Device Type	Foundry Ironware
Access Protocol	See Access Credentials
Port	See Access Credentials
Password config	See Password Configuration

Configuration

SNMP

1. Log in to the device manager for your switch or router with administrative privileges.
2. Enter configuration mode.
3. Run these commands to set the community string and enable the SNMP service.

   snmp-server community <community> RO
   snmp-server enable vlan <vlan id>

4. Exit config mode.
5. Save the configuration.

Telnet/SSH

FortiSIEM uses Telnet/SSH to communicate with this device. Refer to the product documentation for your device to enable Telnet/SSH.

Syslog

1. Log in to the device manager for your switch or router with administrative privileges.
2. Enter configuration mode.
3. Run this command to set your FortiSIEM virtual appliance as the recipient of syslogs from your router or switch.

   logging host <FortiSIEM Ip>
   
   

4. Exit config mode.
5. Save the configuration.

Sample Parsed PowerConnect Syslog Message

<14>SJ-Dev-A-Fdy-FastIron, running-config was changed from console

<14>SJ-Dev-A11-Fdy-FastIron, startup-config was changed from telnet client 192.168.20.18
<14>SJ-Dev-A-Fdy-FastIron, phoenix_agent login to USER EXEC mode

<14>SJ-Dev-A-Fdy-FastIron, Interface ethernet3, state up

<14>SJ-Dev-A-Fdy-FastIron, Interface ethernet 20/3, state up

<12>SJ-QA-A-Fdy-BigIron, list 100 permitted udp 173.9.142.98(ntp)(Ethernet 2/1 0004.23ce.ba11) -> 172.16.20.121(ntp), 1 event(s)

<14>SJ-Dev-A-Fdy-FastIron, Bridge root changed, vlan 3, new root ID 80000004806137c6, root interface 3

<14>SJ-QA-A-Fdy-BigIron, VLAN 4 Port 2/7 STP State -> DISABLED (PortDown)

Jun  4 15:51:18 172.16.20.99 Security: telnet logout by admin from src IP 137.146.28.75, src MAC 000c.dbff.6d00

Jun  4 15:51:12 172.16.20.100 System: Interface ethernet 4/9, state down

Jun  4 03:12:53 172.16.20.100 ACL: ACL: List GWI-in permitted tcp 61.158.162.230(6000)(Ethernet 1/4 0023.3368.f500) -> 137.146.0.0(8082), 1 event(s)

Jun  4 02:54:31 172.16.20.100 ACL: ACL: List XCORE denied udp 137.146.28.75(55603)(Ethernet 1/1 000c.dbde.6000) -> 137.146.3.35(snmp), 1 event(s)

Jun  4 01:49:09 172.16.20.100 STP: VLAN 3104 Port 4/22 STP State -> LEARNING (FwdDlyExpiry)

Settings for Access Credentials

 

SNMP Access Credentials for All Devices

Set these Access Method Definition values to allow FortiSIEM to communicate with your device over SNMP. Set the Name and Community String.

Setting	Value
Name	<set name>
Device Type	Generic
Access Protocol	SNMP
Community String	<your own>

 

Telnet Access Credentials for All Devices

These are the generic settings for providing Telnet access to your device from FortiSIEM.

Setting	Value
Name	Telnet-generic
Device Type	generic
Access Protocol	Telnet
Port	23
User Name	A user who has permission to access the device over Telnet
Password	The password associated with the user

 

SSH Access Credentials for All Devices

These are the generic settings for providing SSH access to your device from FortiSIEM.

Setting	Value
Name	ssh-generic
Device Type	Generic
Access Protocol	SSH
Port	22
User Name	A user who has access credentials for your device over SSH
Password	The password for the user