I decided to create a container, just for port_report.py and its revisions. This seems to be the most popular download since its incfeption and I'm activly adding to the script as well as fixing bugs.

Let me make this one thing clear about port_report.py and one limitation it has when searching for IP Addresses on a switch ( not really a limitation of the script ). When searching by IP address, the IP Address has to be in the ARP table, if the IP is not in the ARP table then the script will report that the IP Address is not in the ARP table. I know I sound redundant but I have been asked this question alot. The better thing to do is to search by MAC Address as this is more then likely to be on the switch. That is all depending on how often the table gets clean.

Revision 1.11 09/13/09

• More code clean up and another increase in speed.
• Also port_report can now follow EtherChannel

Revision 1.10 09/09/09

• Code Clean up and a slight increase in speed ( by a few seconds ) during the search by mac or ip

Revision 1.9
Code changes and Added CDP Support

• Detect CDP Neighbors during the scan for MAC Addresses or IP Addresses

Revision 1.8
Here is a quick update.....

• I just add dns reverse lookups to the output of this script.

Revision 1.7
Adds support to the following devices..

1. Cisco
   
   • Catalyst 6509 w/ Supervisor 720 running IOS
   • Catalyst 3560
   • Catalyst 3550 (SMI)
   • Cisco CIGESM series Chassis Blades
   • Cisco Catalyst 2960
2. Foundry
   
   • Foundry Server Iron
3. Nortel
   
   • Nortel Passport 8600
   • Nortel 5520 Ethernet Routing Switch
4. HP
   
   • HP Procurve 5406xl

 

Revision 1.6
New additions to this revision ....

• Support for HP Procurve Switches, ( Tested on the newer versions of HP )
• combined switch_report.py in port_report.py.
• Added --verbose flag

Previous Releases....

• Search by MAC or IP or PORT