Documentation forSolarWinds Observability SaaS

Add Cisco ASA devices

Add Cisco ASA devices to SolarWinds Observability to start monitoring the health, performance, and statistics.

Requirements

  • Network Collector 2025.4.1 or later

Add Cisco ASA devices

  1. In SolarWinds Observability SaaS, click Add Data at the top.

  2. In the Add Data dialog, click the Network tab and click Cisco ASA devices.

  3. Select an existing network collector or deploy a new one.

  4. On Define Device, specify the network device you want to monitor in SolarWinds Observability SaaS and click Next.

    1. Provide the hostname or IP address.

    2. If the device has a dynamic IP address, select Dynamic IP Address. This option requires a complete IP-hostname pair for successful lookup.

      Optional settings

      • To identify the device in SolarWinds Observability SaaS, specify a display name.
      • To add a custom tag to the device, click Add Tag and specify the key and the value for the tag. You can also add tags to the device later on the device details page under the Overview tab.

    3. Select how you want to poll the network device.

      • Select ICMP to monitor the device health by comparing the polled results to predefined threshold values. ICMP polls device status, average response time, or packet loss percentage.

      • Select SNMPv2 to get more details by querying the management information base and performance indicators tied to specific object identifiers.

        Specify the SNMP version, port, and specify SNMP credentials for polling. Clicking Next tests the credentials.

        • To use existing credentials, select Existing and then select a credentials set from the list.

        • To use new credentials, select New and provide the display name and community string.

  5. Provide CLI Credentials and click Next to continue. Before you can continue, the SSL certificate is checked. If validating the SSL certificate fails, you will be informed about it.

    • To use new credentials, specify the display name, username, and password. The display name helps identify the credentials set for reuse.

      If needed, enter the enable password to access privileged mode and collect ASA-specific advanced data through CLI polling.

    • To use existing credentials, select Existing, and choose a credentials set from the drop-down list.

    • Review the default SSH port for running CLI. By default, 22 is used. If appropriate, change the port.

    • If you want to use keyboard interactive authentication, select the box.

  6. If you selected SNMP, select metrics and resources to be monitored on the devices and click Next. For example, you can monitor status and response time, topology, and selected interfaces.

  7. On Summary, review the information and click Submit.

    The Cisco ASA device is added for monitoring.

Edit CLI credentials

If the CLI credentials are missing or have changed, tunnel status information isn't available. With valid CLI credentials configured, SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted shows only active tunnels and hides inactive ones. Without CLI credentials, all tunnels are displayed.

Update CLI credentials in SolarWinds Observability SaaS

Remove the device from monitoring and re-add it. Make sure you use correct CLI credentials.

  1. Remove devices

  2. Add Cisco ASA devices

Update CLI credentials in the Network Collector

You can also log in to the Network Collector and change the credentials in the web console:

  1. In the Network Collector web console, click Settings > Manage Nodes.

  2. Select the Cisco ASA device and click Edit.

  3. Update the credentials and submit your changes.