CDP and Microsoft Windows Servers

In article , Sri wrote: : Just wanted to find out if Cisco Discovery protocol can be used to :talk to and identify, detect status up/down from Microsoft Windows :Server machines (say Server 2003).

Not without installing some software on the Windows server. But if you have a handy cannon ready to swat that fly, then see

Hi Srihari,

The CDP protocol is proprietary to Cisco, so it is not normal for any

3rd party to have support for it unless it is specifically written in. HOWEVER... about a month ago I noticed that one of our new Windows Servers was appearing in a 3750 switch "sh cdp nei" command, so perhaps MS are now writing something in there for it.

Cheers.................pk.

Yes, it can be use if for example you are running a CCM on it, then ciscoworks will identify it status.

There is a LINUX CDP stack available at

I'm fairly certain I've seen a

3rd party Win32 stack also, but haven't been able to easily track it down.

This isn't the one I was thinking of, but looks like it will do the job

The one I've seen previously was just a CDP stack, without the monitoring. I also think it was distributed under the GPL. Try Googling perhaps.

"Russell JF Kirk" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@GreyConvergence.no.spam.co.uk:

Here's a Win one (commercial USD$15)

alan

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