# Third-party device monitoring configuration overview

The steps you follow depend on the types of third-party devices you want to monitor.

Follow these general steps to configure the monitoring of third-party devices:

1. (Optional, for syslog data only) If you want to receive syslog data, define the syslog reception settings for each type of third-party device.
2. (Optional) If you want to monitor the status of third-party devices and receive statistics from them, define the status and statistics monitoring settings for each type of device.
3. Activate monitoring for the third-party device by adding monitoring settings in the properties of each element that represents a third-party device. (Third-party devices are: Router, Host, Active Directory Server, LDAP Server, RADIUS Authentication Server, and TACACS+ Authentication Server.)
4. Depending on features used, configure the third-party device for monitoring.