L2 Topology form Windows / Linux

kylebrandt

Is it possible to enable L2 topology for Windows and Linux servers (I do see it on my switches)?

I only see L3 when I do "List Resources". Just about every sever I have has bonded NICs, so this would be very helpful -- topology in terms of switch ports is pretty incomplete without it.

zizi

Orion is unable to collect L2 topology data for Windows boxes. I've found this article, which describes supported management information base on Windows:

Management information base support in Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista

Orion is able to utilize Bridge, Q-Bridge MIBs for getting L2 topology data (Orion NPM 10.3 adds CDP and LLDP tables to the list). Such MIBs are not supported on Windows, which makes sense, as they are related to switches.

I've filled in an internal customer feature request to take a look on possibilities of L2 topology data collection on Windows/Linux boxes.