> The purpose of my script is to auto discover every system > on a network > Stack beginning using tcp/ip protocols and then later using > snmp also. > > The data I will be collecting is for the sole purpose of gather > information about a site and a site configuration. Similar to > tools such as > Veritas SPC (SAN Point Control) does. > > Type of data I'm collection is system configuration within > a server, a > router, a San switch and then a storage array. > > Example: Server: > CPU, speed and number of them > Memory, total > Storage Devices (Internal and external sizes) > NIC, Number of them, speed > HBA's, number of them, speed > Server Functionality (DNS, DHCP, NIS, NIS+, WINS, LDAP, > A/D...etc.)
I'd look at the Net::SNMP module. You can enable SNMP on just about any OS or network appliance. http://search.cpan.org/~dtown/Net-SNMP-4.1.2/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]