10-08-2010 10:43 PM
Hi,
Though it might sounds stupid but I am wondering if there is anyway to dynamically add description of each port.
What I am trying to achieve is port 1 of Switch A is connected to Port 2 of Switch B.
I want to add description on port 1 of Switch A to provide the information of destination device like IP of the destination device or MAC address or name of the device (end device could be cisco switch or server).
I know how to hard quote the description of each port but the problem is down the raw if someone change the up link port on switch B from port 2 to port 3 than description on port 2 would be invalid.
So I am looking for a way to get the Switch B (destination device) information(IP/MAC/ hostname/ etc) and plug it into description of port 1 of Switch A.
I am hoping there must be a way of doing this.
I need your help and expertise.
Thanks in advance
10-10-2010 09:18 AM
Hi Arshad,
Just to see what can be done, I added the following text to my uplink port (port 10) on my SG300-10P ( ordering p/n SRW2008P-K9-NA)
"uplink to my UC520 [2001:1:1:1::300]"
As you may or may not see from the screen shot below, I am managing my SG300 switch via a IPv6 or a IPv4 IP address and added that information to the port description.
The text came up when I clicked on switch port 10.
Hope this helps,
regards Dave
10-10-2010 04:26 PM
Basically you are hard quoting the port description. Thats not what I want to achieve. I need to get to dynamic (using macros or whatever) of the description of the destination device. this information could be IP or MAC address or anything.
Thanks,
10-10-2010 08:14 PM
Hi Arshad,
Why not try the free FINDIT application ?
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10660/index.html
Here is a screen shot of my Internet explorer and it found my SG300-10P (orderable p/n SRW2008P-K9-NA)
regards Dave
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