FireMon Asset Manager 5.1

Release Date: 15 August 2024

Summary

FireMon is pleased to provide this overview of the new features and enhancements made for this Asset Manager 5.1 release, which is recommended for all users.

FireMon Asset Manager Edition 5.1  

The upgrade file is now available in FireMon User Center > Downloads.
The supported upgrade path to Command Center 5.0 is from the 4.10 and 4.11 versions.

For the upgrade procedure, see Upgrading Asset Manager. 

We recommend upgrading your Scouts whenever you upgrade your Command Center. However, Scouts 4.10.x, 4.11.x and 5.0.x are compatible with the Command Center's 5.1 version

Database Schema

The database schema provides a visual representation of the database. You can request the 5.1 database schema from Asset Manager Support.

CLI Commands

The Asset Manager CLI is a powerful hierarchical menu-driven interface that provides virtually all administrative functionality in the browser interface.

To administer your system using the command-line interface, see System Administration via CLI.

Security Updates & STIG 

5.1 resolves Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVEs) and incorporates a variety of security-related (and non-security-related) enhancements. See Security Advisories 5.1 for a list of CVEs resolved in this release.

Highlights

This latest release includes the following enhancements:

  • Service Now Integration.  Asset Manager Integration has passed ServiceNow's rigorous certification process and is available in the ServiceNow Store. Search for "FireMon" or "Asset Manager" to get started. 

  • Single Sign-on implemented for GUI.  Configuration is done via CLI.

  • Migrated Cloud Scanner to new Azure and AWS libraries, improving Cloud discovery.  For example, Asset Manager will ingest IP-less AWS and Azure devices. 

  • Performance improvements.  For example, support the addition of over 40 users and a system over 15 zones.

Other Enhancements:

  • Set packet rate via CLI

  • Allow identity columns to be click-able in the UI   

  • Don’t create 0.0.0.0 host discovered via indirectSnmp

Change Log

Improvements

Ticket Summary
LUM-4891 After navigating to a page and then clicking a browser refresh, it fails with a 404 error
LUM-4874 Allow the end user to configure ServiceNow/FAM integration with minimal authorization steps
LUM-4859 Parametrization of the tables pushed from ServiceNow
LUM-4811 Meraki integration not showing any Meraki devices
LUM-4810 Fix FireMon Devicification Bug
LUM-4781 Update Cloud Scanner for Azure Ingestion
LUM-4779 Infer routing information from interface addresses
LUM-4728 Migrate CloudScanner to new Azure library
LUM-4713 Meraki | Dashboard | Add Asset count to Integrations Overview Dashboard
LUM-4700 FR: Retrieve Meraki route tables from Meraki API derived devices to facilitate FAM looping
LUM-3733 Support SAML authentication

Resolved Issues

Ticket

Summary

LUM-4927 Upgrade | 5.1 | warehouse widgets "AWS Devices" and "Azure Devices" are different between upgrade and netboot
LUM-4845 5.0 FAM Submission into Azure failing due to no offset partition
LUM-3567 WebApp: BlueCat: Timeout errors