Software to keep track of patch panel connections?

Wed Mar 12 14:20:12 PDT 2008

>  So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that?

Any opensource software to map mac addresses from server ethernet ports to
switches and routers, and also map ethernet ports to application services and
ip addresses?

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ulf Zimmermann <ulf at alameda.net> wrote:
> My search foo must be weak or there is just no such thing:
>
>  Has anyone seen or is using software to keep track of patch panel/cross
>  connects? In our colocation we have now around 840 ports on patch panels
>  and a few hundred ports on network switches. I want to start to put this
>  into a database, for two reasons: Remote Hands and replacement of network
>  switches.
>
>  Soon we will replace our current network switches, so I need an inventory
>  of what is connected where, so I can layout the new switches in advance.
>
>  And as we do much remote, being able to tell the remote hand "check
>  cable X going from A to B to C" would be helpful.
>
>  So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that?
>
>  --
>  Regards, Ulf.
>
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