Cisco CDP Monitor 3.3

Cisco CDP Monitor is an efficient network
diagnostic and troubleshhoting tool. It is very
useful for network administrator and network
engineer.

At first, Cisco CDP Monitor is a CDP agent for
windows host. It is able to use the CDP(Cisco
Discovery Protocol) which is a private protocol
and is only used in Cisco's devices such as Cisco
router, Catalyst switch and so on.
With Cisco CDP Monitor, You can send the
information (CPU number and model, host name, user
name and the windows version, service pack
version) of your host to the connective Cisco
device with CDP, and you can get and display the
information from the connective Cisco device, such
as device name, device model, port which is
connecting with, administive ip address, IOS
version, VTP Domain Name, and so on. With these
information, you can easily know the total
topology of your network and you can easily do
troubleshooting. Once the CDP information changed
(maybe the link or device failed, or you changed
the setup of Cisco device), Cisco CDP Monitor will
detect and notify the administrator by Warning
Message Box, Warning sounds, Send email and Run
related program.
So Cisco CDP Monitor can monitor your network
automatically . In specailly, Cisco CDP Monitor
can send the information of the host to Cisco
devices. So the LAN Management Solution and the
Routed WAN Management Solution of CiscoWorks 2000
Campus Manager can get these information and show
the total topology of your network in graphics
mode, not only the Cisco network devices, but also
your PC and host. You can monitor windows host in
Cisco's Network Management software.
What can Cisco CDP Monitor help you ?
1. To learn the structure of whole network.
2. With CiscoWorks 2000 Users can get the Cisco
network devices and PCs list of his network in
graphics mode.

Who need Cisco CDP Monitor ?
1. Network Administrator
2. Network Engineer