[rancid] RANCID and Redcom Labs Slice 2100

[Lance Vermilion]

Hey All,

Has anyone used Expect or RANCID to connect to the Redcom Labs Slice 2100 or
HDX? It has a menu like interface but nothing like routers/switches that are
menu based.

Just a curious question.

-lance

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

Post by Lance Vermilion
Has anyone used Expect or RANCID to connect to the Redcom Labs Slice 2100 or
HDX? It has a menu like interface but nothing like routers/switches that are
menu based.

I take it this is a menu system in a text console? Many 3Com switches have
something similar to this. Regrettably, the 3Coms don't seem to have a way
to dump the config to the command line. This is the key issue really.
After that, you may need to massage the code a little to best deal with
your device's syntax and output.

The 3Coms have a way to upload the config to a remote TFTP server and I've
been considering using that as a workaround, ie connect to switch,
upload the config to a server, then connect to the server over tftp and
download the config for rancid to work on. It's messy though.

Gavin

[Lance Vermilion]

It is a typical menu system where you enter and option and then from there
you might get to set values or go into sub menus.

I think it is going to be a very trialing experiment to get it to work.

I might just start with expect and see if I can get it to work. If I succeed
then move to a rancid script and going from there.

Post by Gavin McCullagh
Hi,

Post by Lance Vermilion
Has anyone used Expect or RANCID to connect to the Redcom Labs Slice 2100

or

Post by Lance Vermilion
HDX? It has a menu like interface but nothing like routers/switches that

are

Post by Lance Vermilion
menu based.

I take it this is a menu system in a text console? Many 3Com switches have
something similar to this. Regrettably, the 3Coms don't seem to have a way
to dump the config to the command line. This is the key issue really.
After that, you may need to massage the code a little to best deal with
your device's syntax and output.
The 3Coms have a way to upload the config to a remote TFTP server and I've
been considering using that as a workaround, ie connect to switch,
upload the config to a server, then connect to the server over tftp and
download the config for rancid to work on. It's messy though.
Gavin
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