What is the first question you ask when you start a new network project or start a new job as a network engineer?”:
– Can I see your network diagram?
Lucky you if you get it right away and in the “right” format (Visio?) but in my past I remember places where it took me weeks to find the right person who
had that diagram, which was very often not up to date or did not contain information I needed or was only showing application layer components and
I still had to spend hours doing “show cdp nei” and re-creating drawings the way I like it with the information I needed. Read more
Submitting unknown SNMP devices for classification in Nectus
Network Discovery, Technical NotesWhen Nectus discovers a new device it uses its SNMP sysObjectID (1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2) value to classify device by manufacturer,
by major platform category and by model number.
For example sysObjectID value of 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.1018
Defined as:
Manufacturer Value: Cisco Systems (9)
Major Category: Cisco ASR 9000 Aggregation Services Routers
Model: Cisco ASR 9006 Routers Read more
Can I see your network diagram?
Network Discovery, Technical NotesWhat is the first question you ask when you start a new network project or start a new job as a network engineer?”:
– Can I see your network diagram?
Lucky you if you get it right away and in the “right” format (Visio?) but in my past I remember places where it took me weeks to find the right person who
had that diagram, which was very often not up to date or did not contain information I needed or was only showing application layer components and
I still had to spend hours doing “show cdp nei” and re-creating drawings the way I like it with the information I needed. Read more