Introduction

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The following sections provide an overview of Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and the Cisco: ESA PowerPack:

What is Cisco ESA?

Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) is a virtual, all-in-one appliance that provides protection against spam, malware, viruses, and other inbound and outbound email threats and annoyances.

What Does the Cisco: ESA PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor Cisco Email Security Appliances devices using SL1, you must install the Cisco: ESA PowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to discover and collect data about Cisco Email Security Appliances.

The Cisco: ESA PowerPack includes:

  • Dynamic Applications to discover and monitor performance and configuration data for Cisco ESA devices

  • Device Classes for each of the Cisco ESA devices that SL1 monitors
  • Event Policies that are triggered when Cisco ESA devices meet certain status criteria
  • A device dashboard that displays performance data about Cisco ESA devices

Installing the Cisco: ESA PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the Cisco: ESA PowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing this PowerPack. For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.