Viewing switch topology
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Is there a third party app that will display switch layout and whats connected to each port similar to what Meraki does? If not what are you using to pull the snmp or CDP data from the switches.
We have a lnetwork that we are trying to work through and it would be nice to visualize what's there.
The majority of the switches are Cisco SG-300's
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We mostly use smart switches for the SMB market and they do it right in their own interface. No external tools needed.
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@scottalanmiller said in Viewing switch topology:
We mostly use smart switches for the SMB market and they do it right in their own interface. No external tools needed.
Which ones do you use that do this? Can you show a screen shot?
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I have never found any tools that do this nicely. Even some of the paid apps I've seen are little more than a single switch at the top of a pyramid and then it flows from there.
You could check and see if the Spiceworks network map works... just configure it only for SNMP and tell it to scan the IP range of the switches.
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This makes me want to move everyone to Meraki or Ubiquiti. It's so much cleaner.
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@NETS said in Viewing switch topology:
This makes me want to move everyone to Meraki or Ubiquiti. It's so much cleaner.
Does Ubiquiti do this?
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@Dashrender said in Viewing switch topology:
@NETS said in Viewing switch topology:
This makes me want to move everyone to Meraki or Ubiquiti. It's so much cleaner.
Does Ubiquiti do this?
The UniFi line has stuff like this. Not using it though.
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@JaredBusch said in Viewing switch topology:
@Dashrender said in Viewing switch topology:
@NETS said in Viewing switch topology:
This makes me want to move everyone to Meraki or Ubiquiti. It's so much cleaner.
Does Ubiquiti do this?
The UniFi line has stuff like this. Not using it though.
Right.. I'm using the Edge line as well.
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Do you not see the active ports and stats within the webGUI of the SG-300? its all right there
What about SNMP reporting? Such as The Dude by MikroTIK
I guess im a MikroTik Fanboy...
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@ntoxicator said in Viewing switch topology:
Do you not see the active ports and stats within the webGUI of the SG-300? its all right there
What about SNMP reporting? Such as The Dude by MikroTIK
I guess im a MikroTik Fanboy...
Will "The Dude" accurately build Topology maps? It's been so long since I've used it, I almost forgot about that one.
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@dafyre said in Viewing switch topology:
@ntoxicator said in Viewing switch topology:
Do you not see the active ports and stats within the webGUI of the SG-300? its all right there
What about SNMP reporting? Such as The Dude by MikroTIK
I guess im a MikroTik Fanboy...
Will "The Dude" accurately build Topology maps? It's been so long since I've used it, I almost forgot about that one.
that was super popular five years ago. I used to hear about people using them regularly. Seems to have lost steam or something.
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They depreciated it from majority of their routers. So have to install "The Dude Server" package on x86 machine. And then run the client locally and from there it'll map and giving you the power to be.
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@ntoxicator said in Viewing switch topology:
They depreciated it from majority of their routers. So have to install "The Dude Server" package on x86 machine. And then run the client locally and from there it'll map and giving you the power to be.
That doesn't seem like much of a negative.
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Nah, its for the better. But all functionality is still there and the same.
Its supported on the CCR models though, as has the hardware/cpu power to do so. I think they'll also release it for their newer ARM based routers as well.
@dafyre - - it should map out and build topology for you. Or at the least, poll all your network devices via SNMP or netbios name, and relative distance... From there you can draw together
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See their wiki
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:The_Dude_v6/Device_map -
@ntoxicator said in Viewing switch topology:
Nah, its for the better. But all functionality is still there and the same.
Its supported on the CCR models though, as has the hardware/cpu power to do so. I think they'll also release it for their newer ARM based routers as well.
@dafyre - - it should map out and build topology for you. Or at the least, poll all your network devices via SNMP or netbios name, and relative distance... From there you can draw together
That's the problem I have with a lot of these tools... They get you almost all the way there, and then you're still left having to do a lot of stuff by hand... Or the one or two I have seen give you such a crazy map that it's near impossible to read.
That said, I do like the ease of which you can use The Dude to build your own Map after it finds your devices.
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You can use Nagios 4 and NagVis to create custom visualizations for your entire infrastructure. All you need is the time to set everything up how you like it. You should even be able to get the visio stencils from CISCO for all of you hardware.
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Cisco network assistant does stuff like this for smaller setups. Not sure if it works with the fake cisco/SMB SG Line though.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/network-assistant/index.html
