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How can I get the physical path i.e. slot#, port# etc. using a command on linux physical server? Looking for a command for mapping.



thanks...

Depends of the equipment.

Use tcpdump on the specifed interface looking for CDP (cisco discovery protocol for Cisco switches) or LLDP (vendor neutral).
Check out the examples online.

Also you might want to check that from the other side (switch side/network) by looking for MAC address of your network adapter.

Also on Linux there a specific tools to use instead of dumping packets, if required, but i have no experience with those.

Hope that helps
Regards
Peasant

Actually I am looking for the command that gives you physical location of the card... e.g. lspci , but I can't map the output to interfaces/HBAs..

Perhaps something like :

Code:

lshw -short | grep -i network

This will list HW path and interface followed by a short description.

Hope that helps
Regards.