I'm using zabbix since several years now and during the years it has
become much more comfortable. The basic idea to use a database as backend
is a big advantage to several other solutions, that's why I switched some years
ago over from nagios to zabbix.
I'm monitoring about 20 servers and about 20 Cisco switches and about 100 IP phones,
door control system ..... About 2000 items.
But still not everything is covered, ( or I did not found an easy way)
As I have started working in a new company, where nothing was documented,
I even had problems to discover the switches and connections.
I found a very good Tool NEDI, that can discover switches, their connections and
a lots of information about the network. Also this tool is writing to a mysql database.
Basicly it is written in perl, the frontend is PHP.
Some of the information I get aldready with Zabbix, but what I like very much
is, that I get a db entry by switch/port/mac address.
The guy , that has developed this tool has spend some years in development.
As I have cisco switches in use, it works perfect for me. But it should also
work for other (managed) switches.
With the MAC Table I can find much easier a device, I know now the port of the switch.
Maybe someone of the developers can look at it, and can get some good ideas.
The installation of NEDI is not too complicate and quite good documented.
Gerald
become much more comfortable. The basic idea to use a database as backend
is a big advantage to several other solutions, that's why I switched some years
ago over from nagios to zabbix.
I'm monitoring about 20 servers and about 20 Cisco switches and about 100 IP phones,
door control system ..... About 2000 items.
But still not everything is covered, ( or I did not found an easy way)
As I have started working in a new company, where nothing was documented,
I even had problems to discover the switches and connections.
I found a very good Tool NEDI, that can discover switches, their connections and
a lots of information about the network. Also this tool is writing to a mysql database.
Basicly it is written in perl, the frontend is PHP.
Some of the information I get aldready with Zabbix, but what I like very much
is, that I get a db entry by switch/port/mac address.
The guy , that has developed this tool has spend some years in development.
As I have cisco switches in use, it works perfect for me. But it should also
work for other (managed) switches.
With the MAC Table I can find much easier a device, I know now the port of the switch.
Maybe someone of the developers can look at it, and can get some good ideas.
The installation of NEDI is not too complicate and quite good documented.
Gerald
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