From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 21 2006 - 15:02:17 ART
SolarWinds also offers a product called Cirrus that
batch pushes configs changes.
Seems like it as about $2500.00 for 25 devices at a
shot or so...
Still think RANCID is a bargain - and although I may
use Linux from time to time, I'm not quite a Linux
biggot. Windows is still my prime OS, for better or
worse.
Oh yes, if you'll google Cisco / Scipts and the like
there is a company that offers a Windows Executable =
GUI for doing the same thing to push configs at prices
that started for only like $99.00 or a little more.
Basically, they use Perl/Tcl/Expect etc. behind the
scenes and give the user a Gui interface with
instuctions on how to proceed.
Hmmmm...
Might be helpful as well.
--- anthony.sequeira@thomson.com wrote:
> Hi Joe!
>
> The most current version of CiscoWorks for
> infrastructure
> (router/switch) management is called CiscoWorks LAN
> Management Solution
> (LMS) 2.6.
>
> This product features two applications for pushing
> configurations to
> devices. The product also stores all configurations
> in an archive for
> you to enable version management.
>
> The first application is called Config Editor - it
> allows for the quick
> pushing of a configuration to a single device.
>
> The second application is called NetConfig - this
> application is
> designed to push configurations to multiple systems
> in batch. It
> features templates for common configurations - such
> as changing
> passwords, banner messages, etc.
>
> Both applications offer a variety of transport
> mechanisms for the actual
> configuration deployment including - telnet, TFTP,
> HTTPS, SSH, or RCP.
> You get to select which transports to use and in
> what order to try them
> on the devices.
>
> Both of these applications are found in the LMS
> subset of applications
> called Resource Manager Essentials by the way in
> case you want more
> information on them from Cisco's Web site.
>
> I have used these applications in the lab and in
> production to deliver
> configurations and they do work. The latest version
> of NetConfig solves
> issues when trying to push LARGE numbers of
> configurations (over 50 at
> one time) but admittedly, I have never tried that.
>
> Anthony J. Sequeira
> #15626
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Guyler, Rik
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:20 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Pushing Configuration to Cisco
> Routers/Switches
>
> Depends on what CiscoWorks you're talking about. I
> have the unfortunate
> displeasure of owning VMS and it does SSH into
> various boxes for various
> things. Now if it just did what it's supposed to
> do... ;-)
>
> Rik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Darby Weaver
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:27 PM
> To: Joe Rinehart; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Pushing Configuration to Cisco
> Routers/Switches
>
> Joe,
>
> Nothing to do with SSH actually. Alot to do with
> SNMP or automating
> interactive scripts.
>
> I like SNMP.
>
> Remember a little while back I mentioned RANCID
> here, well you can use
> it to
> push configs automatically.
>
> Solarwinds has a product called Cirrus that does the
> same thing for
> Configutarion Management.
>
> The company that makes AdventNet has an offering as
> well.
>
> There are others no doubt but this will give you a
> place to start.
>
> If you have a *Nix background look at RANCID, if you
> don't have *Nix
> background it may just be the incentive you have
> been looking for.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> --- Joe Rinehart <jjrinehart@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey folks, real-world question here.
> >
> > I know that newer versions of CiscoWorks and other
> applications have
> > the capability of pushing configurations to
> routers and switches. How
>
> > exactly does it do that and how can that basic
> functionality be
> > created? I figure its an ssh kind of thing, but
> not sure.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
>
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