The current issue is that we have over 400 Cisco Network devices, and they are not all in the Cisco LMS ( Lan Management Solution ). We also have Solarwind, but we do not have all of our Networking devices in there either. There is only one way I know of doing that with out using multiple tools like Cisco LMS or Func. So I figured, I should go ahead and write a Python tool that can update all of our devices ( Cisco, Nortel, Foundry, Linux, BSD, you get the idea.. ).
I wrote a Python tool that utilizes pexpect. The tools is almost complete to release on my site, but I still need to add more functionality. Currently, you can pass a device list and a command list to the script. You can also tell the tool to be verbose and print the output. Also you can tell it to use ssh or telnet or both. The tool is smart enogh to use ssh keys or log into a device you never have logged into before, by accepting the key for you.
I’m currently modifying it so that you can just pass one device and not just a list of devices. Also working on a password changer function. I’ve tested my tool on Linux Servers as well as Cisco devices and so far it works like a charm. I’m thinking about adding threading, but I have not yet decided to do so..
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