We are building a Netview server which will exclusively manage routers,
switches and hubs on our network - and I need some advice on the best way to
setup for initial discovery.
We have build a seedfile which contains an entry for each our routers &
switches. The first 5 address of a subnet is reserved for router interfaces
so we limit discovery of other nodes in the network (servers and
workstations) by excluding all other addresses, ie:
!167.85.*.6-254
!168.118.*.6-254
One problem is that we do not have a well defined list of IP addresses for
all of the hubs on the network. They are a combination of Cisco and Bay
hubs. Could I also add two @OID entries into the seedfile to discover these
nodes? I know if you list an snmp reachable IP address in the seedfile, it
will ignore the ! range exclusion and discover the node. Does the @OID work
similarly?
Thanks, in advance
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