Populate switches and routers

[Brian A. Seklecki]

On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 11:36 +0200, Tom DE BLENDE (EECC) (DHL) wrote:
> Hi list,
>  
> Has anyone any experience with using cdp or another discovery method
> to automate the process of setting up your network layout in Nagios? I
> have to roll out Nagios in a network with hundreds of (Cisco) switches

You could use perl/php to do this in about 20 lines by parsing "sh bgp
neighbors" or "show cdp *"

It depends on how many interfaces on every router that you'd like to
monitor, and whether they have proper reverse/forward DNS for every
interface.

~BAS



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