[nv-l] ? about NV doing SNMP queries to PIX firewalls using "wrong" interface

["Glen Warn" <Glen.Warn@pemcocorp.com>]

NV 7.1.4 on RH Linux AS 2.1 w/ FP3

 

Hi,

 

I am discovering many new networks @ a new datacenter.  I have a handful of Cisco PIX 515 firewalls running 7.0.x code.  I'm able to config SNMP on the FWs and discover them - but a few seconds after discovery they turn red.  When I run a demand poll, it fails.  I've trace the problem down to NV trying to use a different interface (more hops away) on the firewall for queries.  If I browse map and query with nearest interface (as configured in PIX) it works great.  I've tried modifying the object properties/general attributes/SNMP ipaddress and setting it to the interface IP I want it to use, but still same results.  I only have 1 entry in /etc/hosts for this device and though I use DNS there are no entries for this firewall.

 

Any ideas on how I can force Netview to use a specific IP or interface?  I do want to monitor all the interfaces - but thru the "inside" interface so I don't want to set the others to unmanaged.

 

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated,

 

Glen Warn

PEMCO Corporation Computer Services (PCCS)

glen.warn@pemcocorp.com

206-628-5770

 

PS.  This is a failover pair, so I have modified the netmon.seed file with 2 entries preceeded by > too.