Report the cabling of an Aruba switch (API v10.04) on the network by using LLDP.
Sometimes when checking cabling using LLDP, the neighbor does not return any information except a MAC address. When that is the case, CANU looks up the MAC in the ARP table and displays the IP addresses and vlan information associated with the MAC.
Entries in the table will be colored based on what they are. Neighbors that have ncn in their name will be colored blue. Neighbors that have a port labeled (not a MAC address), are generally switches and are labeled green. Ports that are duplicated, will be bright white.
To check the cabling of a single switch run: canu report switch cabling --ip 192.168.1.1 --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD
$ canu report switch cabling --ip 192.168.1.1 --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD
Switch: test-switch-spine01 (192.168.1.1)
Aruba 8325
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PORT NEIGHBOR NEIGHBOR PORT PORT DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION
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1/1/1 ==> 00:00:00:00:00:01 No LLDP data, check ARP vlan info. 192.168.1.20:vlan1, 192.168.2.12:vlan2
1/1/3 ==> ncn-test2 00:00:00:00:00:02 mgmt0 Linux ncn-test2
1/1/5 ==> ncn-test3 00:00:00:00:00:03 mgmt0 Linux ncn-test3
1/1/7 ==> 00:00:00:00:00:04 No LLDP data, check ARP vlan info. 192.168.1.10:vlan1, 192.168.2.9:vlan2
1/1/51 ==> test-spine02 1/1/51 Aruba JL635A GL.10.06.0010
1/1/52 ==> test-spine02 1/1/52 Aruba JL635A GL.10.06.0010The switch cabling command can also be run with the --out FILENAME flag to output the results to a file.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--ip |
Switch IPv4 address |
--username |
Switch username |
--password |
Switch password |
--out |
Name of the output file |