MG-SOFT Network Discovery SDK package contains MG-SOFT Network Discovery API,
supporting binaries, required C/C++ header and lib files, and a sample command
line application that utilizes the API.
MG-SOFT Network Discovery API is an application programming interface for
developing software for discovering network devices and their interconnections.
By utilizing the API, any network management application can perform
network discovery operation in order to determine layer 2 (physical) and layer 3
(logical) topology of the discovered network.
Discovery operation is performed by means of SNMP and ICMP Ping queries
and by employing advanced algorithms for calculating the network topology.
The API offers three methods of network discovery (local subnet,
user-specified address range, and SNMP-based network scan) and lets you
programmatically control all aspects of the discovery operation
(SNMP access and Ping parameters, output file properties, etc.)
For SNMP-enabled network devices, the API enables collecting
information about the system, interfaces, physical entities,
ports and connections, based on the MIB-2, BRIDGE-MIB and ENTITY-MIB data.
Included sample application (Mgdiscovery.exe) is a command line
tool for MS Windows that utilizes the Network Discovery API.
When launched, the tool reads configuration parameters
from the initialization file (Mgdiscovery.ini) and performs
the network discovery operation accordingly. The tool writes the
discovery results into an XML output file that contains information
about discovered devices and their connections. This information
can later be used by any network management software (for example,
to graphically depict the layer 2 and layer 3 topology of the
discovered network). The XML schema, which defines the elements
of the XML output file and can be used for validating it, is also
included.
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