Check with Peregrine, they have a "Network Appliance" which works at
level two. Similar to NetView and OpenView in that it has a topology
display but it requires quite a few to cover a network.
Bill Evans
Ou Shen wrote:
> If NetView can't do Level-2 device monitor, which tools can do ? HP
> OpenView or others ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Shen Ou
>
>
>
> "Leslie Clark" <lclark@US.IBM.COM> on 2001-08-17 11:27:46
>
> Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
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> To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l@tkg.com>
> cc: (bcc: Ou Shen/China/IBM)
> Subject: Re: [NV-L] Monitor Cisco ports on layer 2 devices
>
>
>
>
> No. The only layer 2 that Netview will draw is for some HP hubs, as that
> vendor-specific information was in the product when we licensed the code
> from HP many years ago.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> Detroit
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>
>
> "Allie M Tate"
> <allie@lsu.edu To: IBM NetView Discussion
> <nv-l@tkg.com>
> > cc:
> Sent by: Subject: [NV-L] Monitor Cisco
> ports on layer
> owner-nv-l@tkg 2 devices
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> 08/15/01 01:47
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> Please respond
> to IBM NetView
> Discussion
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>
> I believe that this question has been asked but not completely answered. I
> would like to be able monitor the actual ports on cisco devices,
> specifically the cisco 6509 acting as a layer 2. Ideally I would like to
> drill down to some map that has these ports listed much like the interfaces
> on that device. Is this possible through NetView?
>
> Allie M. Tate
> Office of Telecommunications
> Louisiana State University
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