Mapping Multiple Switches
The Switch Port Mapper can map multiple switches simultaneously.
The administrators can add all the switches in their network
and map them all at once. This gives a complete port status
of each of the switches. To locate where a specific device is
connected, the administrators can simply search using the MAC
or the IP Address of the device. The tool can also be scheduled
to run at defined intervals - Daily, Monthly, & Yearly.
Import Switch Inputs
Where there are large number of switches in the network, adding
switches one by one manually is a painful job. In such cases,
mporting the switch inputs from a csv file will be very handy.
The Switch Port Mapper tool accepts csv file input to import
the switch details to the tool. The csv file should contain
the Switch Name / IP Address, Switch Community, Router Name
/ IP Address, and Router Community as comma separated values.
Group Switches based on Location
Switch port Mapper allows to create different groups based on the location or building. The Switches can seamlessly be moved within groups anytime. Switches in different groups can be scheduled to run at different times.
Switch Port Management
In addition to mapping switch ports to devices, OpUtils allows adminstrators to block or unblock a switch port from within this tool. A switch port can be made administratively up or down through SNMP using the SNMP write community string of a switch. This is very useful to block the unwanted traffic from a particular port due to a virus attack or hacking.
Switch Port Availablity Report
OpUtils, based on the Switch Port Mapper results, provides
the Port Availability Report of the network. It maintains
a policy to declare non-responding ports as available ports.
Ports that are not active beyond 10 days are shown as available
ports. This can also be configured to a desired value. The
Port Availability Reports of OpUtils include: Available Ports,
Used Ports, and Stacked Ports.
End-to-End Port Mapping
The Switch Port Mapper provides an end-to-end mapping with
an option to include mapping of physical ports to switch ports.
The administrator can provide the mapping of the physical
ports and switch ports in a csv file, which can be imported
to the Switch Port Mapper results. This does not need any
change as long as there is no change in the physical mapping.
Switch Port Mapping History
Whenver a swtch is mapped, the results are automatically published as a csv file that can directly be opened in Microsoft Excel. The history can also be viewed from the Oputils user interface. This helps administrators to get the details of the devices that are connected to a port in the given period and vice versa.
Supported Switch Types
The Switch Port Mapper tool is tested to support switches
of the following vendors:
- Cisco
- Nortel
- HP
- Foundry
- Extreme Networks
- Intel
- DLink
- Huawei 3com
- Allied Telesyn
- Alcatel
- Dell
Free Switch Port Mapper
The Switch Port Mapper tool can be used to map a single switch
in the OpUtils Free edition. For more details on tools available
in Free edition, refer to Free
Network Tools.
For more details, refer to the Switch
Port Mapper topic in the online help. Refer to the Switch
Port Mapper Knowledge Base for troubleshootig tips.
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