Heya dude, I'm replying on-list so the rest of the d00ds on it can learn as
well.
Yes, you can.
If you need a shell, i can provide one.
Peter Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
Network Engineer
Planetary Networks
535 West 34th. Street
New York, New York
10001
Cell: +1(516) 782.1535
Desk: +1(646) 792.2395
Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael L. Williams"
To: ""Peter Slow""
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: how to track down unused ports on a switch [7:9213]
> Peter...... can you just exec SNMP commands on a unix box like that? If
so,
> there's one more reason I need to install Linux and start to learning that
> @!#$.. =)
>
> Mike W.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Slow"
> Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:11 PM
> Subject: FW: how to track down unused ports on a switch [7:9213]
>
>
> > UH, ARE YOU JOKING!?
> > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
> > ...Brute force? 30 days? try not to be an unrealistic brainless
> peckerhead.
> > It's unbecoming of you.
> > Try "show port status"
> > once during the day, once at lunch, once at 5 o clock.
> > OR.
> > pull out the cables with no blinky lights at the end during peak usage.
> > people who were out that day will eventually bitch and get their stuff
> fixed
> > in like ten seconds, and that's that.
> >
> > or you could be really elite, and do it the proper way, like me =)
> >
> > use SNMP it's the best for you here.
> > you dont need to script diddly.
> > exec this on a unix box.
> > snmptable interfaces.ifTable
> > that is going to print out ALL of your interfaces. AND their opstatus.
AND
> > the LAST TIME THEY CHANGED STATUS. And, that, my friend, is the end of
> your
> > problem =P
> >
> > Peter Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
> > Network Engineer
> > Planetary Networks
> > 535 West 34th. Street
> > New York, New York
> > 10001
> >
> > Cell: +1(516) 782.1535
> > Desk: +1(646) 792.2395
> > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:12 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: how to track down unused ports on a switch [7:9213]
> >
> >
> > 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
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > 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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