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Re: (ASCEND) Scripting telnet for resets
At 05:34 PM 12/2/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, John Coy wrote:
>>
>>> Do you use any special software that you wrote to do this?
>>> I mean, certainly you don't telnet to 100 MAXen and update
>>> the config like that? If you wrote some perl script or
>>> some other program to automate the task, could you share it
>>> with the mailing list?
>>
>>From: Jason Nealis <nealis@babylon.erols.com>
>>
>> Actually right now what I do it via SNMP, But I still have to telnet
>>to each box and do the nvram, Cause the SysReset variable is only
>>in the I branch (UGH COUGH COUGH DAMMIT), But once 6.0 comes up
>>you can use this upgrade as many boxes as needed but you need CMU's
>>SNMP installed to do it.
>
>If you have a Mac around you could use DataComet, which is a scriptable
>telnet app, terminal emulator, etc. You can get it at
>http://www.databeast.com/.
>
>I don't see any reason you couldn't script a tload, fclear, fsave, nvr. If
>I had hundreds of Maxen, I'd sure do it... assuming I didn't kill myself.
I have done all sorts of scripting for telnet operations on the Ascend
Maxen. Everything from changing passwords to rebooting the boxes. I
highly recommend you use a UNIX box and use expect to do the scripting. If
you need any sample scripts let me know.
Tim
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