LLDP allows you to know exactly on which port is a server (and reciprocally). It is an industry standard protocol designed to supplant proprietary Link-Layer protocols such as EDP or CDP. The goal of LLDP is to provide an inter-vendor compatible mechanism to deliver Link-Layer notifications to adjacent network devices. lldpd is an ISC-licensed implementation of LLDP for various Unixes. It also supports some proprietary protocols. Groupname and Username You must have the '_lldpd' group and user to run this script, for example: groupadd -g 347 _lldpd useradd -u 347 -d /run/lldpd -s /bin/false -g _lldpd _lldpd