Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management

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.” (.ppt).ppt

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 3 Intro ► What is Netdisco? Open Source Software Network Management  Switch Port Management  Inventory  Usage History and Security

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5 Intro ► Node Search

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 6 Intro ► Motivation Problem Users on a Resnet? History of Port and IP Usage Inventory of Network Devices Network Debugging & Monitoring Easy to use

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 7 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

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 8 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 is being used by 08:08:08:e0:e0:00.” IP Address  DNS Name DNS Server: “Address is netdisco.org.”

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 9 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 

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 10 Details Features Requirements Architecture Device Support “Features”

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 11 Details ► Features Switch Ports  MAC  IP  SwitchPort  Ports with lots of IP or MAC Addresses in use  Central location to disable Ports

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 12 Details ► Features Network Security and Maintenance  L2 Traceroute  Duplex Mismatch Finder  Wireless Access Point (AP) Finder

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 13 Details ► Features Reporting  Pretty Map  IP Address usage History  Network Inventory by IOS, Vendor, Model, Subnet

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Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 15 Details ► Features ► Port View

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 16 Details ► Features ► Port Control

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 17 Details ► Features ► Port Log

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 18 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

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 19 Details ► Architecture Database Back-End Main EXE Cron Mason Components Apache Web Server Front-End Browser Admin Daemon Shared Library SNMP::Info Switches and Routers SNMP Netdisco

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 20 Details ► Device Support Cisco HP Bay Foundry Allied Asante Zyxel

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 21 Details ► Device Support SNMP::Info  Supports all SNMP devices Easily extendable Baseline compatibility with MIB-ii Vendor-Specific Extensions Attach MIBs to device families

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 22 Details ► “Features” feature (n) - a prominent aspect of something INSTALL Process PostgreSQL Performance Problem Device Families

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 23 The Future of Netdisco Future Features  discograph – MRTG / Cricket / NRG type thingy  MySQL Port Maintenance Packaged Version

Netdisco Netdisco – Network Discovery and Management 24 Q+A NOW ACCEPTING QUESTIONS * For more info visit: Demo Site: * (Answers not Guaranteed)