Please recommend network management software

[lefodnes_hwiig]

Hello!

I need help to find some network management software that will work with our switches. I'm running a network that has Cisco/Linksys managed switches:

10xSLM2008,

5xSRW208,

2xSRW2008MP,

1xSF 300-08

I was hoping there is management software (not the webview/web browser thing), that could do these things (in preferred order):

- connect to these by SNMP (or similar) to show me a little statistics on each port on each switch, along with connectivity between these switches.

- let me know which port knows which mac addresses, and maybe also the IP addresses of these.

- let me know which mac addresses uses most bandwidth

- ban a mac address

I'd be happy if anybody could give me an advice on what software to buy.

Best regards,

Lars E Fodnes

[Collin Clark · Accepted solution]

Solarwinds NPM - http://www.solarwinds.com/products/orion/info.aspx

[Collin Clark]

It can't ban a MAC address, but that is what dot1x/port security is for. I'm not sure if your switches support it, but you can look into that from the switch standpoint.

[lefodnes_hwiig]

Thanks a lot Collin!

Lots of helpful applications there.