Re: port availability request

You could query address location which will show ports that have
learned addresses. Anything not in the report has obviously been
inactive.

Something like:

http://demo.inmon.com/its/query/AddressLocation?addressType=IP&address=&agent=&interface=&resultFormat=html

There is probably a config entry that allows you to control the aging
of address information.

Alternatively you could pull interface traffic for whatever period you
are interested in. Again, any ports that haven't reported any traffic
in the interval could be considered inactive. You would have to exclude
any broadcast/multicast traffic from the report. Could also get some
false negatives due to normal L2 flooding behaviour.

Something like:

http://demo.inmon.com/its/query/Monitor?filterProtocol=MAC&
destinationAddress=!0x010000000000/0x010000000000&
intervals=1&intervalSize=1&startTime=&TZ=null&
agent=&interface=&path=&
resultField=agentAddress,agentInterface&
resultFormat=html&resultTruncate=10&resultProtocol=LAST&action=query

agent and interface can be specified, or path to narrow the query.

Tim:>

--- Mark Beekhuizen <Mark.Beekhuizen@hsc.utah.edu> wrote:

> We have an operational need to review port availability/usage across
> our
> enterprise on a per switch basis. Does someone have a report
> template
> for INMON that can report say, network ports that have not been
> utilized
> for x number of days? A follow on bonus would be a script that would
> automatically disable unused switch ports, or assign them into a
> private
> VLAN upon the results of the 'unused port' report.
>
> thank you
>
>
>
> Mark A. Beekhuizen
> University of Utah
> Health Sciences Center
> Network Support Manager
> 585 Komas Drive
> Suite 204
> SLC, UT 84108
> 801-587-6030 (work)
> 801-916-9430 (mobile)
> 801-339-7046 (pager)
>

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Received on Thu Aug 25 17:44:48 2005