Re: [Netdisco] Netdisco Topology Discovery question

[Sanjeev G. <sa...@dc...>]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Viresh Varma <vir...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thank u for your quick answer. So, it is not possible to discover
> exclusively customer network topology's while running Netdisco in my own
> network, which is excluded from CDP ?
>

Your network need not run CDP (or LLDP), if you do not wish to discover and
map it.  Your netdisco server needs to connect via SNMP to the
routers/switches in the network being mapped.



> For my project i want to be able to determine the individual topology of
> the customers networks, and save the details in my own network.
>

Let me re-phrase this:
*For my project I want to be able to determine the topology of the
customer's networks,from a server running at my location.*
This is very much possible.


I was thinking of an alternative, where the database is seperated from the
> netdisco server. see the attached sketch. Would it be possible to run
> Netdisco in the customers' networks, but saving the results of different
> customers in our own network (over internet or VPN) in multiply postgres
> db's on 1 machine? So, by using different ports. Or is the Netdisco server's
> database limited to localhost?
>

Are you thinking of giving the customer access to the netdisco reports?  If
no, you do not need multiple database(s) server(s).


>
> Another question: The database does actually save the info of how the
> network devices are connected to eachother and what interfaces right?
>

Yes, please.


>
>
> Again, thanks in advance for your answer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vireshov
>


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Sanjeev Gupta