I think there was a way of pulling the underlying config off by tftp, maybe triggered through the CLI,
I have the CLI menu stuff, and yes I’m SOL. I did some hard digging at one point, and found a few approaches that might work for this version of software.
1. Upgrade to 3Com OS version 3.0. I have 2.<something> and can’t find a newer version of code, so I wasn’t able to use this approach, but the command is something like “system backup <tftp server address and path>”
2. Install 3Com Network Director (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http:/support.3com.com/software*), which in theory does backups of menu-drive 3Com devices older than 2.999. HP stopped supporting this sometime between 2008 and 2010, but if you happen to have (or are able to acquire) a licensed copy, this is a viable approach to investigate. Network Director license cost something like $1500, the official (as of 2010) HP replacement cost $20k. These URLs might be interesting to read:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f31/3com-network-director-539929.html
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/152273-alternatives-to-3com-network-supervisior
3. There’s a 3rd party software that reports itself able to support 3Com gear. https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Kiwi_CatTools/Kiwi_CatTools_3.11_Administrator_Guide/030_Devices/030_Device_speciific_infomation/050_3Com_superstack_switches
4. I’ve heard rumors that HP Open View can do this as well, though I haven’t investigated this avenue.
Unfortunately for me none of these are viable approaches so I was forced to resort to SNMP polling, that at least got us VLAN assignments for the switchports. Since our 3Com deployment is hopefully on a short remaining lifespan, and since these days they’re largely static in their config across all 3Com switches, therefor switch replacement-on-failure is a manageable process and my director hasn’t authorized investigation of switch backup beyond this cursory level.
But if it’s something that interests you, I’m sure there’s a way to get any of these into a state that rancid can ingest it into the repository.
BTW... if you’re looking for a 3Com owner/operator manual: http://www.mtmnet.com/PDF_FILES/3C16980_MgmtGuide.pdf
Weylin
-----Original Message-----
From: Jethro R Binks <***@strath.ac.uk>
Date: Monday, October 30, 2017 at 04:46
To: "rancid-***@shrubbery.net" <rancid-***@shrubbery.net>
Subject: Re: [rancid] is there scripts for 3com router
Yes, these were my scripts originally (they work "just enough" for me,
unfortunately I hardly have any development time). They will work for
anything(ish) that is Comware-based, (3, 5, 7). But there were few
3Com-branded Comware poroducts, before they became H3C or HP branded, now
HPE; or separately Huawei.
If you're talking about the ancient 3Com lanswitch software (I think
that's what it was called internally) with the menu-driven CLI ... well
you're partly out of luck.
There is a theoretical way, from what I recall, though I never did it for
3Com. I think there was a way of pulling the underlying config off by
tftp, maybe triggered through the CLI, so you might be able to use
something like wraprancid:
https://sites.google.com/site/jrbinks/code/rancid/wraprancid
to do that with a new module for 3Com. Maybe.
Jethro.
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Jethro R Binks, Network Manager,
Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, number SC015263.
Are these the 3com switches you’re interested in?
https://sites.google.com/site/jrbinks/code/rancid/h3c
Works for me...rancid 3.2
Post by Piegorsch, Weylin WilliamThere are no 3com scripts. My predecessor had configured an SNMP thing,
but that stopped working when we upgraded to rancid v3. If you find one,
let me know because I would love to use it.
*Date: *Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 06:57
*Subject: *[rancid] is there scripts for 3com router
Hello team ,
Hope all of you guys are doing well. I have my rancid set up working
perfectly fine for a long time now. I am backing up a lot of different
devices successfully, but now I have to back up “3COM” router and I can’t
find scripts for this type of device.
Is there someone who can help with this?
Best Regards,
Adrian Dimitrov
System Administrator
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