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Hi,
I am wondering if Netview provides a mechanism or add-on to
support MAC-Address based network configuration. For example, the way Netview
works for us now, say we have a Network segment (Net 160), with pc's connected
to it. When a node goes down, we know it is on 160 and where it is physically
located.
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Net 160
pc xxx
We are moving to a switched environment, based on
MAC-Addressing. So a PC on Net 160 connects to an 8271 (8271A below) device
which in turn is connected to an 8274 (8274A) device. This 8274 device could be
connected to other 8274's. The pc is part of the virtual network 160 defined in
the 8274 device. If we move the pc to another physical location, and connect to
a different 8271(8271B) which connects to a different 8274 (8274B) the pc can
still be part of the vlan 160. If the pc goes down, it will show as such in the
160 segment, but we will have no way of knowing where that node is physically
connected.
pc ===> 8271 device
A --move-- pc
==> 8271 device B
/
pc
/
/
/
8274 device
A
connected 8274 device B
net160
<========> net160
netX
netX
netXX
netXX
Does Netview provide any support for this? If
not, is there an add-on product?
Thanks,
Matt
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