show cdp neighbor is it only way, fastest way, to ID lines?

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I have to find what is on the other end of the line in my own network. Is show cdp neighbor the fastest and only way?
I do not have any topology map that is what I am making, I can not physicaly trace it either; the run is to long.
I have lots of lines to do the id and write the desctiption, and wonder if any thing that you know might go quicker.
thank you
I do not have any topology map that is what I am making, I can not physicaly trace it either; the run is to long.
I have lots of lines to do the id and write the desctiption, and wonder if any thing that you know might go quicker.
thank you
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There are also programs that will do this for you via SNMP.
Cisco Network Assistant would literally provide you with a topology layout showing everything you need to know. You would need to configure devices though so you would need SNMP and IP information
Think of the 2:00 a.m. test—if you were awakened in the
middle of the night because of a network problem and had to figure out the
traffic flows in your network while you were half asleep, could you do it?
if i do a show interface status, it shows uncountable number of connected lines.
How do i trace the other connected lines?
CDP only gets you so far being a Cisco proprietary protocol, so if you're not connecting to a Cisco device (and a couple of others who have licensed it) or if CDP is not turned on, its a slow, tedious task.
I'm currently documenting our minor sites (1 router & up to 3 switches usually), thankfully all Cisco kit, and now they want servers added. Just waiting on the IP address or hostname for each device, then use show arp and show mac-address-table.
I'd rather be doing builds, or almost anything other than documentation, but I also like to get paid.:D
these are on nexus 7k & 5k
On 7k A1
I did a:
int e 101/1/2
(config-if)show cdp nei detail
I think it says that port is connected to
7k A2 port e1/5
but I can not ping it so?
It is my 3rd day on the job, I was at the data center yesterday, but now i am at the Cube Farm.
I cannot do much at this time because I am waiting on congress to give the ok to give me Local admin rights on my PC. I am lucky I was able to get my portable terminal emulator to work. the told me that if I pluged in my flash drive that it would become encypted.
built a spread sheet and present it to my supervisor, to accept the changes.
(?)
But I guess it would be a good idea to think everything through thoroughly first to avoid going back and doing it all over again.
What kind of information are you going to be recording?
As for the interface you can't ping, have you tried telnet/SSH into it?
Everyone has their own stuff I am just on the crew with routers and switches, dun't even have to deal with ASA we have security team,VM team, SAN team, but I ran a wire today for a cisco ironport to a 4509E, dang this job is so fing cool!! my first week, can you tell. haha!