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<section> <div class="container clearfix left-tree" id="scroll"> <div class="lhs-tree" id="itom-opm-lhs"> <ul id="lhsTree"> <li id="fea-npm"><span>Network Performance</span> <ul> <li id="tree-performance"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-performance-monitoring.html" title="Network Performance Monitoring">Network Performance Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-cnp"><a href="/network-monitoring/challenges-of-network-performance-monitoring.html" title="Challenges of Network Performance Monitoring"> Challenges of Network Performance Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-device"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-device-monitoring.html" title="Network Device Monitoring">Network Device Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-agent"><a href="/network-monitoring/agent-based-monitoring.html" title="Agent Based Monitoring">Agent Based Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-avail"><a href="/network-monitoring/availability-monitoring.html" title="Network Availability Monitoring">Network Availability Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-netuptime"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-uptime-monitoring.html" title="Network Uptime Monitoring">Network Uptime Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-packetloss"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-packet-loss-monitoring.html" title="Packet Loss Monitoring">Packet Loss Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-nam"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-activity-monitoring.html" title="Network Activity Monitoring">Network Activity Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-inter"><a href="/network-monitoring/interface-monitoring.html" title="Network Interface Monitoring">Network Interface Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-test"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-testing-tools.html" title="Network Testing Tools">Network Testing Tools</a></li> <li id="tree-ass"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-assessment-tools.html" title="Network Assessment Tools">Network Assessment Tools</a></li> <li id="tree-lanmgmt"><a href="/network-monitoring/lan-management.html" title="LAN Management">LAN Management</a></li> <li id="tree-hard"><a href="/network-monitoring/hardware-monitoring.html" title="Hardware Monitor">Hardware Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-disk"><a href="/network-monitoring/disk-space-monitor.html" title="Disk Space Monitor">Disk Space Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-hard-drive"><a href="/network-monitoring/hard-drive-monitor.html" title="Hard Drive Monitor">Hard Drive Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-cpu"><a href="/network-monitoring/cpu-monitoring.html" title="CPU Monitor">CPU Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-uptime"><a href="/network-monitoring/uptime-monitoring.html" title="Uptime Monitoring">Uptime Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-adap"><a href="/network-monitoring/adaptive-thresholds.html" title="Adaptive Thresholds"> Adaptive Thresholding</a></li> <li id="tree-forcst"><a href="/network-monitoring/forecasting-performance-trends.html" title="Forecasting performance trends"> Forecasting Performance Trends</a></li> <li id="tree-cpumon"><a href="/network-monitoring/cpu-usage-monitor.html" title="CPU Usage Monitor">CPU Usage Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-cputemp"><a href="/network-monitoring/cpu-temperature-monitor.html" title="CPU Temperature Monitor">CPU Temperature Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-cpumd"><a href="/network-monitoring/cpu-memory-disk.html" title="CPU Memory Disk Monitor">CPU Memory Disk Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-mm"><a href="/network-monitoring/memory-monitoring.html" title="Memory Monitoring">Memory Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-router"><a href="/network-monitoring/router-monitoring.html" title="Router Monitoring">Router Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-switch"><a href="/network-monitoring/switch-monitoring.html" title="Switch Monitoring">Switch Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-sms"><a href="/network-monitoring/switch-management-software.html" title="Switch Management Software">Switch Management Software</a></li> <li id="tree-ethernet"><a href="/network-monitoring/ethernet-monitoring.html" title="Ethernet monitoring">Ethernet Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-url"><a href="/network-monitoring/url-monitoring.html" title="URL monitoring">URL Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-lan"><a href="/network-monitoring/lan-monitoring.html" title="LAN monitoring">LAN Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-ip-sla"><a href="/network-monitoring/ip-sla-monitoring.html" title="IP SLA Monitor"> IP SLA Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-cwm"><a href="/network-monitoring/configure-wan-monitoring.html" title="WAN Monitoring">WAN Monitoring </a></li> <li id="tree-wan"><a href="/network-monitoring/wan-management.html" title="WAN RTT Monitoring">WAN RTT Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-voip"><a href="/network-monitoring/voip-monitor.html" title="VoIP Monitor">VoIP Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-nlm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-latency-monitoring.html" title="Network Latency Monitoring">Network Latency Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-spm"><a 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title="WiFi Monitor">WiFi Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-wifianal"><a href="/network-monitoring/wifi-analyzer.html" title="Wi-Fi analyzer">Wi-Fi Analyzer</a></li> <li id="tree-wlc"><a href="/network-monitoring/wlc-monitoring.html" title="WLC Monitoring">WLC Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-ups"><a href="/network-monitoring/ups-monitoring.html" title="UPS monitoring">UPS monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-pri"><a href="/network-monitoring/printer-monitoring.html" title="Printer Monitoring">Printer Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-np"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-printer-management.html" title="Network Printer Management">Network Printer Management</a></li> <li id="tree-hpnp"><a href="/network-monitoring/hp-network-printer-monitoring.html" title="HP Printer Monitoring Software">HP Printer Monitoring Software</a></li> <li id="tree-canon"><a href="/network-monitoring/canon-monitoring-software.html" title="Canon Printer Monitoring Software">Canon Printer Monitoring Software</a></li> 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id="tree-ibm"><a href="/network-monitoring/ibm-monitoring.html" title="IBM Monitoring">IBM monitoring</a></li> <li id="syslog"><a href="/network-monitoring/syslog-monitoring.html" title="Syslog Monitoring">Syslog Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-ipmi"><a href="/network-monitoring/ipmi-monitoring.html" title="Syslog Monitoring">IPMI Monitoring</a></li> <li id="snmp-mo"><a href="/network-monitoring/snmp-monitoring.html" title="SNMP Monitoring">SNMP Monitoring Software</a></li> <li id="snmp"><a href="/network-monitoring/snmp-trap-monitor.html" title="SNMP Trap Processing">SNMP Trap Monitoring</a></li> <li id="3com"><a href="/network-monitoring/3com-switch-port-monitoring.html" title="3Com Switch Port Monitoring">3Com Switch Port Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fortigate"><a href="/network-monitoring/fortigate-firewall-performance-monitoring.html" title="Fortigate Performance Monitoring">Fortigate Performance Monitoring</a></li> <li id="juniper"><a href="/network-monitoring/juniper-network-monitoring.html" title="Juniper Network Monitoring">Juniper Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="noc"><a href="/network-monitoring/noc-monitoring.html" title="NOC Monitoring">NOC Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-npt"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-performance-test.html" title="Network Performance Test">Network Performance Test</a></li> <li id="nlm"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-galaxy.html" title="Network Link Monitoring">Network Link Monitoring</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-spm"><span>Server & Virtualization</span> <ul> <li id="tree-shm"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-monitoring.html" title="Server Monitoring">Server Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-sum"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-uptime-monitoring.html" title="Server Uptime Monitoring">Server Uptime Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-wservm"><a href="/network-monitoring/windows-server-monitoring.html" title="Windows Server Monitoring">Windows Server Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-serverhm"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-health-monitor.html" title="Server Monitoring">Server Health Monitor</a></li> <li id="tree-swlogmgmt"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-log-management-software.html" title="Server Log Management">Server Log Management</a></li> <li id="tree-system"><a href="/network-monitoring/systems-management.html" title="Systems Management">Systems Management</a></li> <li id="tree-hyperv-tools"><a href="/network-monitoring/hyper-v-management-tools.html" title="Hyper-V Management Tools">Hyper-V Management Tools</a></li> <li id="tree-linux"><a href="/network-monitoring/linux-server-monitoring.html" title="Linux Server Monitoring">Linux Server Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-virt"><a href="/network-monitoring/vmware-monitoring.html" title="VMware Monitoring">VMware Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-esx"><a href="/network-monitoring/vmware-esx-host-monitoring.html" title="ESX Host Monitoring">ESX Host Monitoring</a></li> 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Management</a></li> <li id="fa-sw-netapp"><a href="/network-monitoring/netapp-monitoring.html" title="NetApp Monitoring">NetApp Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-nsm-dellstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/dell-storage-monitoring.html" title="Dell EMC Storage Monitoring">Dell EMC Storage Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-nsm-ibmstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/ibm-storage-monitoring.html" title="IBM Storage Monitoring">IBM Storage Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-hpe-ibmstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/hpe-storage-monitoring.html" title="HPE Storage Monitoring">HPE Storage Monitoring</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-repo"><span>Reports</span> <ul> <li id="nt-sr"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-reporting.html" title="Scheduled Reports">Scheduled Reports</a></li> <li id="nt-rprt"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-performance-reporting.html" title="Network Performance Reporting">Network Performance Reporting</a></li> <li id="busines-rpt"><a 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Management</a></li> <li id="tree-ipam"><a href="/network-monitoring/ipam-spm-plugin.html#IPAM" title="IP Address Management">IP Address Management</a></li> <li id="tree-portmap"><a href="/network-monitoring/ipam-spm-plugin.html#SPM" title="Switch Port Mapper">Switch Port Mapper</a></li> <li id="tree-apm-plugin"><a href="/network-monitoring/apm-plugin-overview.html" title="Applications Monitoring">Applications Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-meprd"><a href="/network-monitoring/integration.html" title="Integrations">Integrations</a></li> <li id="help-dsk"><a href="/network-monitoring/helpdesk-integration.html" title="ServiceDesk Plus Integration">ServiceDesk Plus Integration</a></li> <li id="help-sdp-ond"><a href="/network-monitoring/servicedesk-plus-cloud-integration.html" title="ServiceDesk Plus Cloud Integration">ServiceDesk Plus Cloud Integration</a></li> <li id="help-sdp-msp"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-servicedeskplus-msp-integration.html" title="SDP MSP Integration">ServiceDesk Plus MSP Integration</a></li> <li id="help-serv"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-servicenow-integration.html" title="ServiceNow Integration">ServiceNow Integration</a></li> <li id="help-jira"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-jiraservicedesk-integration.html" title="Jira Service Management Integration">Jira Service Management Integration</a></li> <li id="help-slack"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-slack-integration.html" title="Slack Integration">Slack Integration</a></li> <li id="help-webhook"><a href="/network-monitoring/webhook-integration.html" title="Webhook Integration">Webhook Integration</a></li> <li id="tree-restapi"><a href="http://api.opmanager.com/" target="_blank" title="REST API">REST API</a></li> <li id="tree-cust"><a href="/network-monitoring/custom-integrations.html" title="Custom Integrations">Custom Integrations</a></li> <li id="help-analy"><a href="/network-monitoring/analytics-plus-overview.html" title="Integration with Analytics Plus">Integration with Analytics Plus</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-mobile"><span>Mobile Application</span> <ul> <li id="tree-mobile-apps"><a href="/network-monitoring/mobile-apps.html" title="Monitor IT on the move">Monitor IT on the move</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-bnm"><span>Network Monitoring Basics</span> <ul> <li id="tree-bnm"><a href="/network-monitoring/basics-of-network-monitoring.html" title="What is Network Monitoring">Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-nrs"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-resilience.html" title="Network Resilience">Network Resilience</a></li> <li id="tree-mt"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/mtbf-mttf-mttr.html" title="MTBF-MTTF-MTTR">MTBF-MTTF-MTTR</a></li> <li id="tree-rc"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/raid-configurations.html" title="Raid configurations">Raid configurations</a></li> <li id="tree-hdd"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/hdd-vs-ssd.html" title="HDD-VS-SSD">HDD-VS-SSD</a></li> 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href="/network-monitoring/network-management-system.html" title="Network Management System">Network Management System</a></li> <li id="tree-npm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-performance-management.html" title="Network Performance Management">Network Performance Management</a></li> <li id="tree-nim"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-incident-management.html" title="Network Incident Management">Network Incident Management</a></li> <li id="tree-net-admin"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-administration.html" title="Network Administration">Network Administration</a></li> <li id="tree-cim"><a href="/network-monitoring/cisco-management.html" title="Cisco Management"> Cisco Management</a></li> <li id="nt-tool"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-monitoring-tools.html" title="Network Monitoring Tools">Network Monitoring Tools</a></li> <li id="graph"><a href="/network-monitoring/real-time-network-monitoring.html" title="What is Real-time Network Monitoring?">Real-time Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-sm"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-management.html" title="What is Server Management?">Server Management</a></li> <li id="spm"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-performance-management.html" title="What is Server Performance Management?">Server Performance Management</a></li> <li id="tree-wsnmp"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-snmp.html" title="What is SNMP?">SNMP</a></li> <li id="tree-vsm"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtual-server-management.html" title="What is Virtual Server Management?">Virtual Server Management</a></li> <li id="tree-anm"><a href="/network-monitoring/agentless-network-monitoring.html" title="What is Agentless Network Monitoring?">Agentless Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-wnsn"><a href="/network-monitoring/wireless-network-solutions.html" title="Wireless network solutions">Wireless network solutions</a></li> <li id="tree-dsmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/disk-space-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Disk Space Monitoring Challenges">Disk Space Monitoring Challenges</a></li> <li id="tree-wsmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/windows-service-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Windows Service Monitoring Challenges">Windows Service Monitoring Challenges</a></li> <li id="tree-netmap"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-network-map.html" title="Network Map">Network Map</a></li> <li id="tree-wiv"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-virtualization.html" title="What Is Virtualization?">Virtualization</a></li> <li id="tree-wiv-best"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtualization-best-practices.html" title="Virtualization Best Practices"> Virtualization Best Practices </a></li> <li id="tree-vc"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtualization-challenges.html" title="Virtualization Challenges"> Virtualization Challenges </a></li> <li id="tree-hvc"><a href="/network-monitoring/hyper-V-performance-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Hyper-V Performance Monitoring Challenges"> Hyper-V Performance Monitoring Challenges </a></li> <li id="tree-wifimanbest"><a href="/network-monitoring/wifi-network-management-best-practices.html" title="Wi-Fi Network Management">Wi-Fi Management Best Practices</a></li> <li id="tree-networkprotocols"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-protocols.html" title="Network protocols"> Network protocols </a></li> <li id="tree-nr"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-routing.html" title="Network Routing"> Network Routing</a></li> <li id="tree-layer2protocols"><a href="/network-monitoring/layer-2-protocols.html" title="Layer 2 Protocols"> Layer 2 Protocols </a></li> <li id="tree-trouple-nl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshooting-network-latency.html" title="Troubleshooting Network Latency"> Troubleshooting Network Latency</a></li> <li id="tree-virtusprawl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/how-to-prevent-vm-sprawl.html" title="Virtualization Sprawl"> Virtualization Sprawl </a></li> <li id="tree-netdiabasics"><a 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href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshoot-vlans.html" title="Troubleshooting VLANs"> Troubleshooting VLANs</a></li> <li id="tree-sdwan"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/sd-wan.html" title="SD-WAN"> SD-WAN </a></li> <li id="tree-bnwm"><a href="/network-monitoring/best-network-monitor.html" title="Best Network Monitor"> Best Network Monitor </a></li> <li id="tree-bfnms"><a href="/network-monitoring/best-free-network-monitoring-software.html" title="Best Free Network Monitoring Software"> Best Free Network Monitoring Software </a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-alter"><span>OpManager Alternatives</span> <ul> <li id="tree-alter"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-solarwinds-npm.html" title="Solarwinds Alternative">Solarwinds Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter1"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-prtg.html" title="PRTG Alternative">PRTG Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter2"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-zabbix.html" title="Zabbix Alternative">Zabbix Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter3"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-whatsupgold.html" title="Whatsup Gold Alternative">Whatsup Gold Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter4"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-nagios-xi.html" title="Nagios XI Alternative">Nagios XI Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter5"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-spiceworks.html" title="Spiceworks Alternative">Spiceworks Alternative</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-access"><span>Network Access Control</span> <ul> <li id="tree-role-access"><a href="/network-monitoring/role-based-access-control.html" title="Customizable Role-based Access Control"> Customizable Role-based Access Control </a> </li> <li id="tree-role-saml"><a href="/network-monitoring/SAML-authentication.html" title="SAML Authentication"> SAML Authentication </a> </li> </ul> </ul> <div id="itom-related-products"></div> <div id="itom-lhs-img"></div> </div> <div class="rhs-cont"> <div id="load_content"> <h1>Network switch management</h1> <p>A switch is a key building block in a network that connects multiple devices, such as computers, wireless access points, printers, and servers. A switch enables connected devices to share information and talk to each other.</p> <p>Switches manage the flow of data across a network by transmitting a received network packet only to the one or more devices for which the packet is intended. Each networked device connected to a switch can be identified by its network address, allowing the switch to direct the flow of traffic, maximizing the security and efficiency of the network.</p> <h2>Switch management software - <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span></h2> <p><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s switch monitoring feature automatically discovers switches in your network, categorizes them as switches, and keeps an inventory of all the switches discovered.</p> <p>Using <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>, network admins can <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/switch-monitoring.html" target="_self">monitor switch</a> and also gain visibility into the status and availability of switch ports. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> actively monitors switch ports and quickly notifies operators whenever a switch port or the switch goes down.</p> <p>Network admins can set up <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> to monitor only critical ports, an industry best practice for switch management that prevents unnecessary alarms from being generated. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> shows which ports are blocked and which ones are forwarding by displaying their statuses on a spanning tree.</p> <h2>Switch management tool</h2> <p>Any issue with your switches affects a significant proportion of your local area network (LAN) users. Implementing a proactive switch management approach will help you discover issues early and prevent potential problems. This helps with maintaining the optimal performance of the network.</p> <p>In a hierarchical inter-networking environment, a network switch management is a priority. The core switch is the high-capacity physical backbone of a network. It handles routing and forwarding, and serves as the point of contact for a wide area network (WAN) or the internet.</p> <p>The distribution switch links the core switch with the access switches. It acts as a subgroup for the core switches and is used for setting up distribution points in a large organization.</p> <p>Access switches connect the majority of devices to the network with high-density ports. With a switch monitoring solution like OpManager, you can discover all the switches in a network by discovering the core switch. You can also automatically discover and classify the rest of the interfaces mapped to the core switch.</p> <h2>Switch availability monitoring</h2> <p>Switch availability monitoring is the process of continuously monitoring the availability of every switch in the network environment. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> uses SNMP Ping to monitor the availability of switches. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> sends a ping to the monitored switch every two minutes. If there is no response after two consecutive pings, then <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> will consider the switch unavailable. The number of pings and their time interval can be configured based on your business' specific needs.</p> <p>With <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>, you can create business views (maps) to graphically visualize your entire LAN. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> can even automatically send alerts when a link goes down.</p> <p><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s reporting function provides you with a detailed availability report of your switches. You can use these reports to ensure that your service-level agreements (SLAs) are being met.</p> <div class="tac"><img src="/network-monitoring/images/switch-availability-monitoring.png" alt="Switch Port Management Software - ManageEngine OpManager" name="Network Port Availability Monitoring" title="Switch Port Management Tool" /></div> <h2>Port-wise traffic monitoring</h2> <p><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> helps you monitor and troubleshoot switch ports for traffic, utilization, errors, and SLA verification. By presenting accurate information on port traffic and utilization, <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> helps you identify total IN/OUT traffic using SNMP. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> also helps you:.</p> <ul> <li>Monitor port utilization and traffic with threshold alerts.</li> <li>Detect potential broadcast storms, and proactively prevent them from occurring in the future.</li> <li>Identify over and underutilized ports.</li> <li>Get alerts when ports start discarding packets</li> </ul> <h2><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>: Switch port management software</h2> <p><span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span> provides complete visibility on switch ports using its Switch Port Mapper add-on. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s Switch Port Mapper tool helps network administrators identify the list of devices connected to each port of the managed switch. This eliminates the need to manually trace network cables.</p> <h2>Switch Port Mapper</h2> <p>Switch Port Mapper is a useful tool embedded in <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>. It helps you to quickly discover the list of devices connected to switch ports.</p> <p>Switch Port Mapper discovers the devices plugged in to each port of a specified switch. The tool is useful for system and network engineers to gain visibility into the IP, MAC, status, and availability of ports.</p> <p>Since this discovery pulls real-time information, you can also view the operational status and port speed of each port. <span class="com_prd_name">OpManager</span>'s network switch port management capabilities mainly consist of features such as:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Real-time mapping of devices plugged in to each switch port</strong> to gain visibility on: <ol> <li>The IP/ MAC address details of the connected devices (workstations, IP phone, etc.)</li> <li>Virtual LANs (VLANs), port statuses (administrative and operational status and port speed), and switch port availability.</li> </ol> </li> <p> </p> <li><strong>Historic switch port mapping</strong> to gain information on a particular switch port. This tool helps admins discover which devices are connected to a particular switch at a specified period of time.</li> <p> </p> <li><strong>Superior search options</strong> that let you find devices by searching for MAC, IP address, DNS name, or location of devices.</li> <p> </p> <li><strong>Switch grouping for easy identification and control: </strong>Switch Port Mapper lets you create different groups of switches based on the location or the building they're located in. Switches can be seamlessly moved within groups. Switches in different groups can be scheduled to scan connected devices at different times.</li> <p> </p> <li>Notifications on switch port status changes (Transient/Available/Used) and notifications when a device connected to a port leaves and another takes its place.</li> </ul> <div class="tac"><img src="/network-monitoring/images/port-availability-monitoring.png" alt="" network="" switch="" port="" management="" manageengine="" name="Network Switch Availability Monitoring" title="Network Switch Port Management Software" /></div> <h2>STP Tool</h2> <p>Spanning tree protocol details for each port can be viewed using the STP Tool. This displays valuable information about the state of each port in a spanning tree, such as which ports are blocked and which ports are forwarding.</p> </div> <div class="accordion_container"> <h2>FAQ - Switch management</h2> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 class="faqh">What are Unmanaged switches?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p>Unmanaged network switches are designed so that you can simply plug them in and they work—no configuration required. Unmanaged switches are typically for basic connectivity.</p> </div> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 class="faqh">What are Managed switches?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p>Because managed switches can be configured to best fit your network, they are able to offer greater security, more features, and better flexibility. 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