Cisco network discovery/inventory tool?

[digitaltrance]

Hello,

I have a client that is a full Cisco shop and needs pretty much a network assessment done at their location.

I need a tool something like NMAP/SpiceWorks that gathers Cisco model, OS version, IP, etc; something that could possibly work off SNMP. Basically a tool that scans there whole network of known and possibly unknown devices.

I heard Cisco has their own tools that help do this quickly in the case customers need to do product/license renewals or list EoL devices.

Can anyone advise a good tool for this?

Thanks in advance!

Charles

[Marvin Rhoads]

Partners can register and do this via the Cisco Funded Network Assessment program.

The most commonly used tool is Netformx. You can also use Cisco Prime LMS among others.

[digitaltrance]

Marvin,

Thanks for your quick reply. Can you guide me to the Cisco Funded Network Assessment program? What is the specific name for this or where do I go to attain this?

I will look into Netfomx as well.

Best regards,

Charles

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

You're welcome.

That is the name of the program. If you are a Cisco partner (and your cco userid has partner level access), you can find program details at the following link:

https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-54790

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[engahmed1975]

Hi,

May be you can use 

Cisco Active Advisor

and you can find it here:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/active-advisor/index.html?keycode=000418636

[franklaszlo]

Hello,

You may find useful Pretty Good Terminal http://www.prettygoodterminal.com which has recently been published. This software is more about device management (via ssh/telnet) in large scales and through several jump server hops, than a terminal application. It was developed by me when I was given a task to configure more than 50000 CPE routers.So this software is a response to a real challenge and it is a good fit to collect device information.

Regards,

Laszlo

[Sergio Rodrigues]

Have a look here:

https://osl.uoregon.edu/redmine/projects/netdot

[Dmitry Zaitsev]

Check Nectus  at http://www.nectus5.com for Network  Discovery

You can use it for 60 days, should be enough time to finish any discovery project