Monitor Network Equipment with Zabbix – Full Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to monitor your network devices with Zabbix step by step. In this tutorial, I show you how to monitor switches (Aruba) and firewalls (pfSense) using SNMP and Zabbix agents, create dashboards, generate and visualize traffic with iperf. Perfect for IT admins, network engineers, and sysadmins who want full network visibility.
In this video, you’ll learn how to:
Enable SNMP on switches for Zabbix monitoring
Create host groups in Zabbix
Add switches via SNMP into Zabbix
Install Zabbix agent on pfSense and use the FreeBSD template
Install and run iperf tests to generate traffic for monitoring
Build a custom dashboard showing system info, traffic graphs, and problem history
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Timestamps
0:00 intro
0:55 Enabling SNMP on the Switch
5:04 Adding the Switch into Zabbix
10:00 Installing Zabbix agent on pfSense
12:52 Adding pfSense in Zabbix
16:20 Create Zabbix Dashboard
18:30 Install iperf on pfSense and Ubuntu
21:28 Bandwidth graph in Zabbix
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