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Address Finder 8

3.Select the IP Address option and enter the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6 format) that you want to find.

NOTE

IPv6 address search is only supported on Ethernet router products running IronWare OS 5.4 or later.

NOTE

IPv6 address search is not supported on Network OS products.

4.Select the Find only in the selected products check box to limit the search to selected products.

When you access Address Finder from the Element Manager interface (refer to “Element Manager interface overview” on page 725), the Find only in the selected products check box is selected by default to limit the search to the selected Ethernet router device.

5.Select the product you want to include in the search in the Available Products list.

6.Click the right arrow button to move the selected products to the Selected Products list.

7.Click Find to begin the search.

If the search is successful, the products display in the Products Found table as they are found. Note that products may not display immediately.

Click Stop to stop the search.

The table shows the following information:

•Product — The product icon and host name of the device that has seen or learned the IP addresses for which you searched, or the host name of the device where the IP address belongs to the network device.

•Product IP Address — The IP address of the device that has seen or learned the target IP address.

•Interface — The interface that has seen or learned the MAC address.

•Interface Name — The administratively configured name of the interface.

•VLAN Name — The VLAN ID of the interface.

•Target MAC Address — The MAC address you wanted to find.

•Target IP Address — The IP address you wanted to find.

Sort the search results by clicking the column header. Click the same column header again to reverse the sort order.

NOTE

Address Finder cannot detect IP addresses assigned to POS or ATM ports. However, Address Finder will find IP addresses across a POS or ATM port.

You can sort the search results by a specific column by clicking the column header. Click the same column header again to reverse the sort order.

If errors occur during the search, the Errors button becomes enabled. Click Errors to display the error messages. Error messages are grouped by the error description (Reason). You may need to scroll down to read the entire error message. Click OK when you have finished reading the message. Make any necessary corrections in the network before repeating the search.

8. Click Port Properties to launch the Port Properties dialog box for the device.

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