Palo Alto PowerPack Release Notes, version 100

Version 100 of the Palo Alto PowerPack is the initial version of the PowerPack.. It includes Dynamic Applications, Device Classes, and Event Policies for monitoring Palo Alto firewalls.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.1.0

This PowerPack currently supports only basic authentication for discovery; it does not support the use of an API key.

Before You Install

Ensure that you are running version 8.1.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Palo Alto" PowerPack version 100.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installation Process

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install this 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 menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal 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 PowerPack Manager page.

For more information about using the PowerPack, see the Monitoring Windows Systems with PowerShell manual.

Included Features

This release includes the following features:

  • The following Dynamic Applications to collect configuration and performance data about Palo Alto firewalls:
  • Palo Alto: Configuration

  • Palo Alto: DOS, Drops and TCP Stats
  • Palo Alto: Environmental Performance
  • Palo Alto: GlobalProtect Configuration
  • Palo Alto: Global Tunnel Stats
  • Palo Alto: License Configuration
  • Palo Alto: Session Performance
  • Palo Alto: Traffic to Country Destination
  • Palo Alto: Vsys Performance
  • Palo Alto: Zone Stats

The monitored devices must be running PAN-OS version 8.0 or later for the "Palo Alto: Global Tunnel Stats" Dynamic Application to work.

  • Device Classes for each of the Palo Alto devices monitored:
  • GP-100

  • M-100
  • M-500
  • PA-200
  • PA-220
  • PA-500
  • PA-820
  • PA-850
  • PA-2020
  • PA-2050
  • PA-3020
  • PA-3050
  • PA-3060
  • PA-4020
  • PA-4050
  • PA-4060
  • PA-5020
  • PA-5050
  • PA-5060
  • PA-5220
  • PA-5250
  • PA-5260
  • PA-7050
  • PA-7080
  • PA-VM
  • Panorama
  • WF-500
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when Palo Alto devices meet certain status criteria.

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.