The Port Report Project is essentially a Switch Port Mapper Tool or a Switch Port Mapping Tool like a few other commercial products out there, except The Port Report Project is free.  Right now there is no GUI or WEB interface for the project but it is in the works.

Here is a quick update..... I just add dns reverse lookups to the output of this script.. So if you have Pointer Records set on a good part of your infrastructure, you will get the host name to those MAC Addresses that have the IP addresses in the ARP table.

You can download Port Report 1.8 here http://www.linuxdynasty.org/View-details/Port-Report-Project/43-Port-Report-1.8.html
Example below...

Here is an example from running port_report.py with the --report option..

GigabitEthernet3/2,00 50 56 aa 06 63,192.168.101.64,lists.linuxdynasty.org,vlan32,up,up,fullDuplex,1000mb,conan vmnic6
GigabitEthernet3/2,00 50 56 aa 1e 9b,192.168.101.54,Pointer Record Not set for 192.168.101.54,vlan32,up,up,fullDuplex,1000mb,conan vmnic6
GigabitEthernet2/28,00 11 21 35 1d da,The IP Address for 00 11 21 35 1d da is not in the ARP Table,None,vlan15,up,up,fullDuplex,1000mb,
 

Here is an example running  with the --pname option..

SwitchPort = GigabitEthernet3/2
SwitchPortSpeed = 1000mb
SwitchPortDuplex = fullDuplex
SwitchVlan = vlan32
SnmpHostName = requestTimedOut
HostDescr = requestTimedOut
HostMAC  = 00 50 56 aa 06 63
HostIP = 192.168.101.64
HostName = lists.linuxdynasty.org

SwitchPort = GigabitEthernet3/2
SwitchPortSpeed = 1000mb
SwitchPortDuplex = fullDuplex
SwitchVlan = vlan32
SnmpHostName = requestTimedOut
HostDescr = requestTimedOut
HostMAC  = 00 50 56 aa 1e 9b
HostIP = 192.168.101.54
HostName = Pointer Record Not set for 192.168.101.54

SwitchPort = GigabitEthernet3/2
SwitchPortSpeed = 1000mb
SwitchPortDuplex = fullDuplex
SwitchVlan = vlan5
SnmpHostName = No SNMP Access
HostDescr = No SNMP Access
HostMAC  = 00 50 56 aa 51 6a
HostIP = The IP Address for 00 50 56 aa 51 6a is not in the ARP Table
HostName = None
 

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This is a big update for Port Report.... In this revision the following brands and devices are supported

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

The Script has been tested with the above devices... If you have run this script against other devices, please let us know. Also the speed in the report function has drastically increased. I ran this script against a 6509 with 800+ devices connected to it in just over 2 minutes.

The main article for this script is located here http://www.linuxdynasty.org/howto-find-the-port-on-a-switch-that-a-host-belongs-to-the-easy-way-part-1.html

You can download the script here http://www.linuxdynasty.org/View-details/Port-Report-Project/42-Port-Report-1.7.html

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I have not yet finished my testing with Nortel and Foundry. Once that is complete, then I will post 1.7 revision. Though in the mean while I was able to enhance the --report option of the port_report.py script.

It use to take me about 13 minutes to scan our 6509 Core Switch and I was just able to do it under 4 minutes.  So when I do post the update, not only will you get 2 more brands supported you will also get speed improvements as well.

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As of right now I am very close on getting Nortel to work. I have been testing with Kshort and I'm hoping to have the Nortel part of this script done by tomorrow night. Once Nortel is done, then I will start working on getting Foundry Switches supported. Then I'll release revision 1.7. If any members have run this script on Dell switches, please let me know if it worked or if if did not work. If it did not work, please contact me directly and I will try to get it supported as well.

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