1OPENVMPSD(1)                General Commands Manual               OPENVMPSD(1)
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NAME

6       vmpsd - Open Source Cisco VMPS Server
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SYNOPSIS

9       vpmsd [-d] [-a address] [-f file] [-l level] [-p port]
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DESCRIPTION

13       vmpsd  is  a  GPL  implementation of Cisco's VMPS server. It allows for
14       dynamic VLAN creation based upon MAC address, and is particularly help‐
15       ful  in smaller environments where a Cisco VMPS server is not available
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18       Since Cisco has not released documentation for this protocol, vmpsd was
19       based  entirely  on  watching  traffic  between  Cisco VMPS servers and
20       clients. As such, it is not  warranted  to  be  complete  or  bug-free.
21       Despite  this  issue,  vmpsd is suitable for use in production environ‐
22       ments, as it has proven to be stable on large networks for long periods
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OPTIONS

27       -a  bind address
28              IP  address to bind vmpsd to. Requests from clients must come in
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31       -d     Causes vmpsd to stay in the foreground instead of detaching as a
32              daemon. Also logs to stderr.
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35              Specify  the configuration file that vmpsd will use. The program
36              will fail without this option, as currently there is no  default
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39       -l  log level
40              Set the log level vmpsd will use. Options are:
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57              Port vmpsd will listen on. Defaults to 1589.
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FILES

61       vmps.db
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SEE ALSO

65       vmpsd.db(1)
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AUTHORS

69       Program: Dori Seliskar dori_seliskar gmail
70                David Parsley parsley linuxjedi.org
71       Manpage: Alex Kirk alex schnarff.com
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75                           Version 1.1: 19 Jan 2004               OPENVMPSD(1)