Brute force method:
logon switch
enable
clear counters
yes
day 30
show mac
look for any rcv and xmit that are all zero, unused port
remove patch cable from unused ports
clear counters and wait until day 30
Automated method:
snmp and script search
""Hennen, David"" wrote in message
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> Does anyone have or know of a tool that will track unused ports on a
switch
> over time. My employer has a couple of thousand switch ports where I work
> and we have a pretty mobile work force, ie people switch cubes a lot it
> seems.
>
> Sometimes we don't find out about a move until after when someone calls to
> get two network connections in their new cube. We typically accomodate
them
> by adding new patch cables but it's difficult to track down their old
> connections and pull them out, so we end up using a lot of patch cables.
>
> If there was a way to find out all the ports on a switch that haven't been
> active for the last month that would be helpful. I thought about trying
to
> use snmp and write some type of list out to excel but this isn't my forte'
> and hopefully someone else has a better solution
>
> Thanks if you can help,
> Dave H
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