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N e t d i s c o. Intro ► Welcome. Intro What is Netdisco? History Details Features Requirements Device Support Future Q+A. Vendor: “ We offer a wealth of functionality! ” J. Warner: “ We call that rope. ”. http://netdisco.org/resnet_2004.pdf ( .ppt ). Product of UC Santa Cruz.

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  1. N e t d i s c o

  2. Intro ► Welcome • Intro • What is Netdisco? • History • Details • Features • Requirements • Device Support • Future • Q+A Vendor: “We offer a wealth of functionality!” J. Warner: “We call that rope.” http://netdisco.org/resnet_2004.pdf (.ppt)

  3. Product of UC Santa Cruz Intro ► What is Netdisco? • Open Source Software • Network Management • Switch Port Management • Inventory • Usage History and Security

  4. Intro ► Node Search

  5. Intro ► Motivation • Problem Users on a Resnet? • History of Port and IP Usage • Inventory of Network Devices • Network Debugging & Monitoring • Easy to use

  6. Intro ► History May 16, 2003 – First Public Release on Source Forge Dec 30, 2002 – SNMP::Info Released to CPAN Oct, 2002 – Coding Begins April, 2002 – Booloo wants a MAC finder Oct, 2001 – arpnip and macsuck “Does netdisco ever feel like a really bad porn movie to you too?” – Mike Hunter, UC Berkeley

  7. Intro ► Sources of Info MAC Address  Switch Port Number Switch: “Computer 08:08:08:e0:e0:00 lives on Port 5.” IP Address  MAC Address Router: “IP Address 216.200.40.145 is being used by 08:08:08:e0:e0:00.” IP Address  DNS Name DNS Server: “Address 216.200.40.145 is netdisco.org.”

  8. Intro ► L2 vs L3 • (L2) Layer-Two - Ethernet MAC address • Switches, Hubs • 08:08:08:e1:e1:00 • (L3) Layer-Three - IP Address • Routers, Firewalls • 216.200.40.145

  9. Details • Features • Requirements • Architecture • Device Support • “Features”

  10. Details ► Features • Switch Ports • MAC  IP  SwitchPort • Ports with lots of IP or MAC Addresses in use • Central location to disable Ports

  11. Details ► Features • Network Security and Maintenance • L2 Traceroute • Duplex Mismatch Finder • Wireless Access Point (AP) Finder

  12. Details ► Features • Reporting • Pretty Map • IP Address usage History • Network Inventory by IOS, Vendor, Model, Subnet

  13. Details ► Features ►Port View

  14. Details ► Features ►Port Control

  15. Details ► Features ►Port Log

  16. Details ► Requirements Computer(P3 / 500M / 10G / Fast I-O ) Operating System (Linux, xBSD, OS/X) Software* Admin(Unix guru advised) Network (Cisco favored) Time (LOTS) Text Editor *netdisco, Perl, Mason, Net-SNMP, PostgreSQL, Apache 1, mod_perl, mod_ssl, GraphViz, MIBs

  17. Database Cron Browser Details ► Architecture Front-End Back-End Apache Web Server SharedLibrary SNMP::Info Mason Components Main EXE Admin Daemon SNMP Netdisco Switches and Routers

  18. Details ► Device Support • Cisco • HP • Bay • Foundry • Allied • Asante • Zyxel http://snmp-info.sourceforge.net/DeviceMatrix.html

  19. Details ► Device Support SNMP::Info • Supports all SNMP devices • Easily extendable • Baseline compatibility with MIB-ii • Vendor-Specific Extensions • Attach MIBs to device families

  20. Details ► “Features” feature (n) - a prominent aspect of something • INSTALL Process • PostgreSQL Performance • Problem Device Families

  21. The Futureof Netdisco • Future Features • discograph– MRTG / Cricket / NRG type thingy • MySQL Port • Maintenance • Packaged Version

  22. Q+A NOW ACCEPTING QUESTIONS* For more info visit: http://netdisco.org Demo Site: http://root.ucsc.edu/netdisco *(Answers not Guaranteed)

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