NeDi OpenSource Software
Network Discovery
What is Nedi?
Nedi is a network discovery and management suite that
provides advanced features for network support
Originally designed based on MAC-Address table queries
this open solution has developed into an expanded
network resource tool that supports more than just MAC
tracking.
This program has grown into an enterprise management
tool that provides extensive network discovery, device
discovery, device inventory, configuration storage, vlan
management, interface management, network mapping,
and many more features.
What is required to run Nedi?
• The supporting hardware requirements are dependent on the
size of your network. Bigger network, bigger server. The
program was originally designed on a P4 /2.4 GHz device with
1 GB of RAM, sufficent for a small network. If this program
will be used to monitor a large network the applications can
be seperated through separate servers (Discovery, Database,
and WebServer) to share the load requirements.
• The software can be run on many platforms. Most users run
on Linux systems, but Mac OSX, Solaris, and Windows XP are
also capable.
• Additional addons such as wget, perl DBD, SQL, SNMP,
SESSION, GD might be required to properly display
information
What features does it provide?
Network
discovery – it
scans the
inter network
for devices
that are
connected
through
ethernet or
fiber
What features does it provide?
Cisco devices
provide
advance
polling
features such
as vlan
information,
CDP
connections,
and can
display
system
configuration
What features does it provide?
Device and Node
(hosts) inventory –
once the devices
have been
discovered their
information such
as MAC address,
IP, interface type,
switchport and
connecting
interface number
are added to
management table
What features does it provide?
Monitors the
health of the
network and
sends
notifications
for critical
network
elements
References:
Rickli, R. (2006). The Story so far. Retrieved from
http://www.nedi.ch/
Ground Work Open Source. (2010). Nedi = network discovery.
Retrieved from
http://www.groundworkopensource.com/community/opensource/nedi.html
Macintosh Howtos. (2010). Discover and manage networks with
nedi. Retrieved from
http://homepage.mac.com/duling/halfdozen/NeDi-Howto.html
SourceForge. (2010). Nedi's requirements. Retrieved from
http://nedi.sourceforge.net/require.html