RE: Pushing Configuration to Cisco Routers/Switches

From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 21 2006 - 14:26:18 ART


Out of my area of expertise...

Most folks who chase Cisco probably don't chase VB.

But I'm sure with 10,000+ people some might have the
skill to try.

--- Joe Rinehart <jjrinehart@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to use Visual Basic to do the same
> thing?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darby Weaver [mailto:darbyweaver@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 8:27 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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