#34 Switch Port Tracking/Manangement

Hello,

In a large datacentre environment, not only are IP records tracked per server, but also switch port assignment records. It would make sense for this information to be tracked in the same application.

For example, if server WWW01, had an IP address of 1.2.3.4, I would also like to know that the IP physically connects through switch port Fa0/25 on Switch Front-End-01.

An interface addition such as "ADD SWITCH" vs "ADD CIDR" would be required. For each switch the following variables are possible:

Switch:
1. Number of modules on the switch
2. Number of ports supported per module
3. Types of ports per module

For example a Cisco 6500 series switch might have a module that supports 48 10/100/1000Mbit ethernet ports and 2 fibre ports. It might also have another module that only supports 24 1000Mbit ethernet ports, and no fibre ports.

The interface could then be modified to support 3 views. IP, Switch and Hostname view.

With such an integrated system, a person could easily be able to:
1. Quickly find a free public IP
2. Quickly find a free switch port
3. Quickly lookup what host is using IP/Port