Import OUI Database
This function will download and install the latest OUI database from the IEEE Website. Each Network Interface Card (NIC) has a MAC Address. The MAC Address can be broken into two parts. The first part of the MAC Addess contains the Vendor MAC. The Vendor MAC identifies who has manufactured the part. This will be helpful to check for rogue devices on your network.
Go to Tracking Tools > Tracking Utilities and click on
- Refresh IEEE Vendor MAC/OUI Database
This option requires internet access so if for some reason your server cannot access internet you could manually download the file from OUI Database copy it to your Cacti's box and import it by hand as follow.
- Go to <cacti_path>/plugins/mactrack
- Assuming that you have copied the file to /tmp
[root@mycactiserver mactrack]#php mactrack_import_ouidb.php -f=/tmp/out.txt
Getting OUI Database from the IEEE
OUI Database Download from IEEE Complete
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There were '23126' Entries Added/Updated in the database.
There were '0' Records Removed from the database.
- Looking at the OUI Database
Now when you go to any of the TABs that display MAC information, you'll see the MAC Vendor name next to it.