topic Re: Is there any way to monitor the state of a Virtual Wire? in General Topics https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50174#M36945 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just a quick point of clarification.&nbsp; With link state passthrough enabled, we will propagate the state of one end of the virtual wire to the other.&nbsp; So if a router on one end of the vwire fails, we'll also bring down the link on the other end if the feature is enabled.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Nick Campagna</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:17:26 GMT ncampagna 2012-02-10T19:17:26Z Is there any way to monitor the state of a Virtual Wire? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50169#M36940 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We are testing vwire behavior with link state pass through enabled in our lab where it is working properly, but there is very little information to use as indicators of a transition.&nbsp; Basically, all we can find in the log is the interface down message for the connection pulled. Is there any log or counter than can be viewed to tell that a virtual wire state has changed?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:37:12 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50169#M36940 chrisp 2012-02-07T22:37:12Z Re: Is there any way to monitor the state of a Virtual Wire? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50170#M36941 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can look at the color of the interface in the GUI ? <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></P><P></P><P>I guess you mean methods to find out in the logs that a interface is flaping or such?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:58:42 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50170#M36941 mikand 2012-02-07T23:58:42Z Re: Is there any way to monitor the state of a Virtual Wire? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50171#M36942 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ha...Yeah, something besides the color change in the GUI!</P><P></P><P>Logs are exactly what we want, so that we can syslog it to another spot and get notifications. </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:19:48 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50171#M36942 chrisp 2012-02-08T13:19:48Z Re: Is there any way to monitor the state of a Virtual Wire? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50172#M36943 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Do you have 'Link State Pass Through' enabled? If this option is selected, link status is not propagated across the VW. You will not know which side of the link is broken with this option enabled</P><P></P><P>Also, the syslog will show up/down states, which are&nbsp; 'information' severity logs.With a Virtual Wire, there isnt a lot of&nbsp; information that can be gathered due to the nature of the interface&nbsp; type.</P><P></P><P>It sounds like you are seeing the interface down messages, which can be sent to a syslog server.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:47 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50172#M36943 dlorenzen 2012-02-08T18:47:47Z Re: Is there any way to monitor the state of a Virtual Wire? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50173#M36944 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Cant one setup a SNMP trap to be sent when either side of a vwire goes down?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:24:09 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50173#M36944 mikand 2012-02-09T08:24:09Z Re: Is there any way to monitor the state of a Virtual Wire? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50174#M36945 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just a quick point of clarification.&nbsp; With link state passthrough enabled, we will propagate the state of one end of the virtual wire to the other.&nbsp; So if a router on one end of the vwire fails, we'll also bring down the link on the other end if the feature is enabled.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Nick Campagna</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:17:26 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/is-there-any-way-to-monitor-the-state-of-a-virtual-wire/m-p/50174#M36945 ncampagna 2012-02-10T19:17:26Z