The MAC address search on the Compass tab lets you search any device(s) or device group(s) selected in the left panel for a MAC address. You can search for a specific MAC address, a partial MAC address (for example, to find all of a specific vendor's equipment), or on all of the selected network elements. The MAC address search looks at the following tables:
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To access the MAC address search on the Compass tab, select the desired device(s) or device group(s)
in the left panel, and select the Compass tab in the right panel. Then select the
MAC Address Search Type from the drop-down list. If the
bottom section of the Compass tab containing the Results and Search Log tabs is
not visible, click the panel control up button
at the foot of the tab.
Click areas in the window for more information.
- Search Scope
- The scope within which the search will be performed, based on the device(s) or device group(s) selected in the left panel.
Search Parameters
Compass performs the search on the device(s) or device group(s) selected in the left panel (the Search Scope). To search for information on a specific MAC address, enter it in the MAC Address text field. To do a partial MAC address search (for example, if you want to search for a specific vendor's equipment within the selected scope), enter enough of the address in the MAC Address text box to identify the vendor. If you leave the MAC Address text field blank, Compass will search for all MAC addresses within the scope. To start a search, click Search. You can stop the search at any time by clicking the Stop button.
| NOTE: | Because IGMP does not return MAC addresses, using the non-filtered MAC address search may not return all the addresses associated with the devices in the scope. To do a complete search for all addresses, use the All search. |
- MAC Address
- Enter the specific MAC address for which you want to
search. Compass will look for this address within
the selected search scope. You can also enter a partial address, to
search for a specific vendor's equipment (e.g.
0.0.1d). (See http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txtfor vendor MAC address prefixes.) Formats allowed are dot, colon, space, dash, and no delimiter:0.0.1d.1.2.300:00:1D:01:02:0300 00 1D 01 02 0300-00-1D-01-02-0300001D010203
- Vendor
- The vendor for the hardware associated with the MAC address you are entering appears here as soon as you type enough of the MAC address for Compass to recognize it.
Search Log Tab
This tab displays a log of the progress of the search and notifies you of unsupported devices. See Search Log Tab for more information.
Results Tab
This tab displays the results of the Compass search in table form. See Results tab for information on using the Results Filter, and the other right-click menu options offered on this tab.
- Device
- This column lists any device within the selected scope which is aware of the specified MAC address. For example, the network element associated with the MAC address may be connected to this device, or it may have contacted this device, or this device may be on the path to a device the network element contacted.
- Port
- Port number of the port which is aware of the network element's MAC address. The network element may be connected to this port.
- Port Name
- Port name of the port which is aware of the network element's MAC address. The network element may be connected to this port.
- Active
- The checkmarks in this column indicate the entries with the most relevant information. Entries are considered Active if they exist in the 802.1X MIB, PWA MIB, dot1dTpFdb table or the dot1qTpFdb table. To display all the Active entries together, click the Active column header to sort the entries.
- MAC Address
- MAC address of the network element. If you searched on a specific MAC address, this is where that address is displayed.
- Address
- Address (IP, UDP, etc.) of the network element. The next field (Address Type) tells you what type of address this is.
- State
- Current operating state of the network element. Possible values are:
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State Meaning initialize an initialize is in progress returning the port to an initial state active connection is active inactive, connection is inactive disconnected, no user is logged in. authenticating a login is in process and has not yet completed authenticated a user has successfully logged in held the port is locked down because the number of failed login attempts has exceeded the allowable limit. connecting connection in process aborting indicates an authentication timeout forceAuth the port is always authorized forceUnauth an administrator has terminated the user session authSuccess means authentication was attempted and succeeded authTerminated a session was active or in progress and was subsequently terminated <blank>. State was not retrieved
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