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May 3rd, 2022 07:00
Isilon LLDP on the external interfaces
I would liketo be able to enable LLDP on all of my Isilon nodes on the external interfaces and have that push accordingly into SNMP so that we can track through our monitoring systems which nodes are connected to which switch interfaces.
Is this something that is capable of being enabled? I see services running against the internal networks, but nothing against the external interfaces.
Would this be something I should ask to be a raised as a request for enhancement to the development roadmap?
DELL-Josh Cr
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May 3rd, 2022 13:00
Hi,
Thanks for your question about enabling external LLDP. I do not see a way to do it, and none of the cli commands mention it. https://dell.to/3ORne9c So you may want to have your sales team do a feature request.
Let us know if you have any additional questions.
CendresMetaux
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May 7th, 2022 01:00
If Joshs way does not pan out, and it is imprtant to you to have this information, you could try it by going the other way around:
take notes on all isilon mac addresses, regularly/scheduled pull the connected switchport by programmatically querying your switches mac-address tables and comparing the output to the noted isilon mac-addresses. The mac addressees might show up on uplink ports (learned from switches somewhere else in the network) but will show on the access port of the switch that it is really connected to aswell. Create filter to exclude any port/mac information on known uplink ports and boom, there you go
We did this ages ago with our switch environment to create a network map and access device location query tool for mac-addresses, IPs (check the found mac addresses against router arp tables to get corresponding IPs) and names (check found mac addresses and IPs against DHCP server and DNS server). No compatible inventory tool was available back then so we took the extra mile as we needed this (and it was cheaper to implement/program than changing out all our network gear to something that was inventory-capable, plus invest in such inventory tool)