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Monitoring Tool For cisco switch
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MRTG won't help much the IP address breakdown but will show historical port utilisation.
If you need that level of IP info, you may be looking at something that can analyse Cisco Netflow stats - something like cflowd perhaps..
If you need that level of IP info, you may be looking at something that can analyse Cisco Netflow stats - something like cflowd perhaps..
A free (MS Windows) tool which can act as a NetFlow/sFlow probe can be found here:
Together with MRTG you get a good idea what (and who, and where) is running on your network.
Together with MRTG you get a good idea what (and who, and where) is running on your network.
Hi,
I would suggest the Cisco Network Assistant, I think it does what you are after, but I havn't used it in a year or so....
Hope it helps,
Brett
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I would suggest the Cisco Network Assistant, I think it does what you are after, but I havn't used it in a year or so....
Hope it helps,
Brett
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NSW, Australia
(Unless you want to pay for our trip?)
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From your original comments about wanting to know which IP address or computer name is using the most bandwidth you are looing at the features available with NetFlow Data Exporting. The problem with NetFlow is it doesn't work on the lower-end fixed-configuration switches. You need a minimum of a Catalyst 4500 with a Supervisor IV or V with the Netflow Services Card (WS-F4531) or a Supervisor V-10GE (Netflow is built-in). The Netflow commands are available in the stackable switches but they don't actually work.
You say you want to see who is using the most bandwidth - do you mean just within your network (your switch?) or do you mean out to the Internet? If you mean out to the Internet then it is possible you could enable Netflow on your router, since most Cisco routers support NetFlow. Can you describe your environment more?
HTH
Andy
You say you want to see who is using the most bandwidth - do you mean just within your network (your switch?) or do you mean out to the Internet? If you mean out to the Internet then it is possible you could enable Netflow on your router, since most Cisco routers support NetFlow. Can you describe your environment more?
HTH
Andy
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