C2950T

[mehrdad]

Hi,

I'm going to management a network which content 13 C2950T by Cisco Works 2000.

Anybody tell me key benefits of Cisco Works and my layer2 network?

Regards,

M.Arshad rad

[paddyxdoyle]

Hi,

You can use CW2000 to...

Collect syslog messages and sort them by severity

Backup your switch configs automatically when you specify of when you make a change

Compare old configs with new and identify any changes that have been made

Automatically discover new devices as they are added to your network

View various reports to discover device availiability etc

Track switch port usage to help unpatch unused ports

Record MAC addreses connecting to your switch ports

Administer devices using Cisco View.

There are many more things you can do but i can't think of them at the mo... :(

Rgds

Paddy

[rdold]

Hello,

How specifically do you use CiscoWorks to "Track switch port usage to help unpatch unused ports"?

Thanks

[paddyxdoyle]

Hi,

Using "user tracking" under Campus Manager. You can set an option to remove MAC addresses from User Tracking that haven't been seen on a port for a specific length of time (e.g. 30 days).

Which will allow you to make a decision (if you are low on switch ports) whether to unpatch the port or not.

I can supply some further detail tomorrow if you like when i am in front of Cisco Works?

HTH

Paddy

[rdold]

Paddy,

That's a good idea.

Thanks