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SnowiZig
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08-10-2019, 03:08 AM
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I'm looking for software that tracks switch port interfaces on the Cisco Catalyst 9000 series. It should show connected clients with their IP addresses and/or hostnames. We already have a couple of Nagios servers, but I think running free versions would be too time-consuming for this task. From what I've seen, Nagios requires significant effort here. I've checked PTRG and OpManager as paid options—they seem capable but are expensive, especially for multiple sites. LibreNMS is an alternative, though its demo site wasn't functional. Netbox with NAPALM could be useful too, particularly for its IPAM features, which we currently use in Excel for our setup.
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SnowiZig
08-10-2019, 03:08 AM #1

I'm looking for software that tracks switch port interfaces on the Cisco Catalyst 9000 series. It should show connected clients with their IP addresses and/or hostnames. We already have a couple of Nagios servers, but I think running free versions would be too time-consuming for this task. From what I've seen, Nagios requires significant effort here. I've checked PTRG and OpManager as paid options—they seem capable but are expensive, especially for multiple sites. LibreNMS is an alternative, though its demo site wasn't functional. Netbox with NAPALM could be useful too, particularly for its IPAM features, which we currently use in Excel for our setup.

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08-10-2019, 06:50 AM
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For small to medium deployments LibreNMS is perfect. It begins to choke even with beefy resources after you have 3-4000+ nodes. Plus it support many plugins for IPAM and netflow. Client/IP/Hostname is pretty trivial with next to all monitoring solutions, so no matter what you go, with proper setup it should get you all the info you need. Go free to start because you better know exactly what features you are needing when you begin getting into the paid solutions.
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SheppardJr
08-10-2019, 06:50 AM #2

For small to medium deployments LibreNMS is perfect. It begins to choke even with beefy resources after you have 3-4000+ nodes. Plus it support many plugins for IPAM and netflow. Client/IP/Hostname is pretty trivial with next to all monitoring solutions, so no matter what you go, with proper setup it should get you all the info you need. Go free to start because you better know exactly what features you are needing when you begin getting into the paid solutions.

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