Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-18 Thread chip
Like many others on here, I utilize rancid's set of scripts to handle all the different platform's quirks for access. I then wrap that inside a perl script that can do things in parallel. I'm no developer by any stretch of the imagination but I can poke around in perl badly enough to write some

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-17 Thread Abdullah Al-Malki
Thank you all for your recommendations. I will sit this weekend and evaluate what fits into my requirements. Thanks all On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Rafael Rodriguez packetjoc...@gmail.comwrote: If your looking for something interactive, check out Mr. CLI Sent from my iPhone On Jan 15,

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-17 Thread Fabien Delmotte
Hello, You can use also rancid. Regards Fabien Le 17 janv. 2012 à 20:44, Abdullah Al-Malki a écrit : Thank you all for your recommendations. I will sit this weekend and evaluate what fits into my requirements. Thanks all On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Rafael Rodriguez

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-17 Thread Mike Gatti
Hey did anyone mention Rancid..., just kidding I've used ciscocmd in the past, a little outdated but worth looking at (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cosi-nms/files/ciscocmd/) You might also have some fun writing your own expect scripts. -- Michael Gatti main. 949.371.5474 (UTC -8) On

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Phil Regnauld
Abdullah Al-Malki (a.almalki1402) writes: Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output show commands from a large number of devices. What kind of scripting

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 1/15/12 09:56 , Phil Regnauld wrote: Abdullah Al-Malki (a.almalki1402) writes: Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output show commands from a large number

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Justin Krejci
Parallel ssh (pssh) might help you too --Original Message-- From: Abdullah Al-Malki To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: accessing multiple devices via a script Sent: Jan 15, 2012 11:52 AM Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Kurth Bemis
On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 18:56 +0100, Phil Regnauld wrote: Abdullah Al-Malki (a.almalki1402) writes: Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output show commands

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Rhys Rhaven
I do this with cluster-ssh, as in some networks I have a generic script-daemon login that use to log into them all simultaneously. cssh uses tk and xterm, so its a bit long in the tooth. New hotness to do this is something like keyboardcast, which can broadcast keyboard input to however many

RE: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Chuck Reynolds
Hi Abdullah - Have you seen the new Resource Manager product from QualiSystems? It has this capability built into it and out of the box to support large numbers of devices. Let me know off line where you are located and I can hook you up. Regards, Chuck -Original Message- From:

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Rhys Rhaven
Is full disclosure expected on NANOG, or is it just polite? Like mentioning that Chuck Reynolds is a salesman for QualiSystems, and not just another network operator passing on what they might think will help? On 01/15/2012 01:21 PM, Chuck Reynolds wrote: Hi Abdullah - Have you seen the new

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Shahab Vahabzadeh
Like Rhys Rhaven. On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Rhys Rhaven r...@rhavenindustrys.comwrote: Is full disclosure expected on NANOG, or is it just polite? Like mentioning that Chuck Reynolds is a salesman for QualiSystems, and not just another network operator passing on what they might think

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012, Rhys Rhaven wrote: Is full disclosure expected on NANOG, or is it just polite? Like mentioning that Chuck Reynolds is a salesman for QualiSystems, and not just another network operator passing on what they might think will help? I think it's reasonable to expect that

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Rhys Rhaven
Pseudonyms and declaring conflicts of interest are two separate things. On 01/15/2012 01:48 PM, Shahab Vahabzadeh wrote: Like Rhys Rhaven. On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Rhys Rhaven r...@rhavenindustrys.com mailto:r...@rhavenindustrys.com wrote: Is full disclosure expected on NANOG,

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread James Michael Keller
On 01/15/2012 12:52 PM, Abdullah Al-Malki wrote: Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output show commands from a large number of devices. What kind of scripting

RE: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Blake T. Pfankuch
I have been using PLINK (putty's lesser known sibling) scripts for some of our smaller customers to execute information gathering before a project in case of excellent documentation. I can usually whip up a script in a few minutes to get sh ru, sh ver and sh diag from 20 devices. Also been

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Dale Shaw
Hi Abdullah, On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:52 AM, Abdullah Al-Malki a.almalki1...@gmail.com wrote: I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output show commands from a large number

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-15 Thread Rafael Rodriguez
If your looking for something interactive, check out Mr. CLI Sent from my iPhone On Jan 15, 2012, at 12:52, Abdullah Al-Malki a.almalki1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network