Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology 
Wed, February 16, 2011
What's Hiding in Your Closet? SolarWinds Introduces New, Low-Cost Switch Port Mapper Tool to Help Take Inventory of Device and
AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - February 16, 2011) - Network administrators and IT infrastructure engineers spend a significant amount of time mapping out the connections to switches, tracing cables, identifying duplex mismatches, and investigating spanning tree issues. To help make tracking down users and switch ports quick, easy and reliable, [ SolarWinds ]® Inc. (
To support the release of [ Switch Port Mapper ], SolarWinds is inviting IT Pros to share photos and videos of their wiring closet mayhem and mastery through March 9 for a chance to win some of the company's coveted geek gear.
Contest participants must first create a video or take a photo of their cabling masterpiece and then post it for the geek universe to admire on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, their blog or website, or SolarWinds' online community, thwack. Finally, participants submit their photo or video link using SolarWinds' [ official contest form ], or simply attach their photo or video directly to the form.
SolarWinds will post the submissions on its Facebook page, and announce the winner of the best Clean, Catastrophic and Creative cabling jobs on March 16 when SolarWinds' Head Geek, Josh Stephens, reviews all the entries. The contest is open only to legal residents of the United States. For more details regarding the contest instructions, and terms and conditions, please visit SolarWinds' [ Facebook ] page.
One of the most popular tools in the SolarWinds [ Engineer's Toolset ], [ Switch Port Mapper ] is now available as a standalone tool for just $195. With [ Switch Port Mapper ], IT professionals can remotely discover the users and devices connected to each port on Ethernet switches along with detailed device and port configuration information such as connected MAC address, IP address, Hostname, port speed, duplex, and much more.
"Every network engineer or system administrator needs a number of affordable, go-to tools in their daily arsenal to help troubleshoot and repair network problems," said Josh Stephens, SolarWinds' Head Geek and VP of Technology. "Switch Port Mapper dramatically simplifies what's historically been a manual and time-consuming procedure, saving network engineers countless hours in the wiring closet or at CLI, and ultimately reducing the mean time to resolution for common troubleshooting tasks."
Switch Port Mapper highlights:
- Remotely discover devices connected to each port on Ethernet switches
- Obtain detailed connected device information for each port
- Enable/disable ports with a single click
- Multi-vendor device support for any manageable switch
- Identify port speed and duplex mismatches
- Multiple export options, including CSV, XML and HTML
Additional Resources
Video: [ What's Hiding in Your Closet? Enter SolarWinds' Cabling Contest ]
SolarWinds' [ Facebook ] page
Pricing and Availability
SolarWinds Switch Port Mapper costs $195 and is available for download on the SolarWinds' [ Kiwi Syslog website ].
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