Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series User Manual

CHAPTER
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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide
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Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Firewall
Services Module
This chapter describes how to monitor and troubleshoot the Firewall Services Module (FWSM), and
contains the following sections:
• Monitoring the Firewall Services Module, page 17-1
• Troubleshooting the Firewall Services Module, page 17-4
Monitoring the Firewall Services Module
You can monitor the FWSM using system messages or using Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP). This section describes:
• Using System Messages, page 17-1
• Using SNMP, page 17-1
Using System Messages
The FWSM provides extensive system messages. See the Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600
Series Router Firewall Services Module System Messages Guide to configure logging and to view system
message descriptions.
Using SNMP
This section describes how to use SNMP and includes the following topics:
• SNMP Overview, page 17-2
• Enabling SNMP, page 17-3

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Catalyst 6500 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English