Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

1314.0. "DB900mx MIB for MAC addresses" by CTOAVX::WOERNER () Tue Aug 16 1994 15:59

    
    
    
    My customer currently hs 40 DECbridge900mx bridges installed. They are
    using them as personal ethernet ports. They have one workstation per
    port connecting to the FDDI backbone. 
    	They would like to know if there is a MIB available that will tell
    them which workstation MAC addresses are off the individual DECbrige900
    ethernet ports. The have tried looking through the forwarding datebase 
    but thier is just to much to sort through.
    	Since the workstations get moved from location to location over
    time, they want to track where they are by the MAC addresses.
    	Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. 
    
    P.S. They currently use SUNnet manager, DECmcc, HUBwatch, and are
    ordering Polycenter NETview. So a solution for any of these platforms
    woult be acceptable.
    
    
    				Thanks
    
    
    					Tom
    
    
    
    

    The forwarding database (dot1dTpFdbTable) gives you a list of all
    addresses along with their learned port.  The easiest way to find
    addresses on Ethernet ports only is to get the Fdb out into a file
    and write a simple script to extract the ones with dot1dTpFdbPort
    ranging from 2 to 7.  There is no automatic way of doing this on
    the platforms you mentioned, but you might check with Scott Lawrence
    who wrote a script for getting similar info from db900's on our own
    network based on SNMP exchanges using a public domain tool.
    
    Anil