PIX sensor

The PIX sensor discovers Cisco PIX devices that are used as IP firewall and network address translation appliances.

The PIX sensor gathers data about the CiscoPIX operating system running on PIX devices. In addition the sensor does the following:

  • Discovers all real servers and virtual services running. Real servers are grouped into the real servers group.
  • Discovers the virtualIp, realIp, virtualPort, and realPort, and derives virtual IPs using them. Virtual IPs are stored in the Vip table.

Sensor name that is used in the GUI and logs

  • CiscoApplianceVersionSensor
  • PixSensor

Prerequisite

For configurations that have multiple context configurations, specify in the discovery scope the IP address of the admin context.

Limitations

When topologies are displayed, the following limitations apply:
  • For context configurations, the virtual and admin contexts are represented by the same icon.
  • In the physical infrastructure topology view, the connection between the admin context and the virtual context is not displayed. This connection is displayed in the contextual topology view.

Model objects created

The sensor creates the following model objects:

  • cisco.CiscoPixComputerSystem
  • core.LogicalContent
  • net.L2Interface
  • sys.OperatingSystem
  • vip.RealServer
  • vip.RealServerGroup
  • vip.Vip
  • vip.VipFunction
  • vip.VirtualService