How to monitor unused switch ports

Introduction Copied

This guide will describe how to use OP5 Monitor to keep track of unused switch ports on your network.

Prerequisites Copied

Before you start, please make sure of the following:

• OP5 Monitor is installed
• You have SNMP access from the OP5 Monitor server to the switch(es) you would like to monitor

Adding the command Copied

To add the new command:

1. Open up the OP5 Monitor configuration tool and click “Commands”.

2. Add a new check command with the following data:

   command_name  check_portstatus
   

   command_line  $USER1$/check_portstatus -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C $ARG1$ -v $ARG2$ -w $ARG3$ -c $ARG4$
   

3. Click Apply.

A****dding the service Copied

To add the new service:

1. Open up the OP5 Monitor configuration tool.

2. Pick up the host you like to add the service to and click “Services for this host”

3. Add a new service like this

   Service description  Port status
   

   check_command        check_portstatus
   

   check_command_args   snmpcommunity!1!10!5
   

4. Click Apply.

5. Click Save.

View the result Copied

On the Service information page, you can find the status output for this service. It looks like this:

OK: 49 of 52 ports available, 1 down, click here to view the report.

From here you can view a report showing all ports on the host. In the report you can see the port

• description
• state
• speed
• idle time

To view the report, click on the click here to view the report link.