[Dev] cisco IOS retrieval failure

[PingShan Li]

Thank you for your reply.

I downloaded the AdaptorTool program, one question I have is about the
protocol. I have a Cisco IOS device that only supports telnet. If I use
telnet, the retrieval works fine. But if I use SSH, it hangs ( i waited for
3 min ). SSH should not work in this case. But it would be nice to return
immediately if SSH connection failed. Is there anyway i can make changes to
the perl script and return immediately if SSH is not supported by the
device?

Another question is about which protocol to use.


from core\org.ziptie.adapters\scripts\ZipTie\CLIProtocolFactory.pm,
I think the algorithm to choose protocol is:

1.       If only SSH is defined, it uses SSH.

2.       If only Telnet is defined, it uses telnet.

3.       If both SSH and telnet are defined, it will choose telnet and will
not try SSH.

Sometime I do not know what protocol the device supports. It can be helpful
if i can specify the sequence of the protocols to try. For example, try SSH
first, then try telnet. Is it possible to do this by changing the current
perl script or iosInvoke.xml? If it is possible, would you please give me a
direction on how to do it?

If i do a retrieval from Ziptie client and three protocols are chosen for
the Cisco device. Does ziptie try all the protocols at the same time or try
them one by one to see which protocol the device supports?

Thank you

PingShan Li


On Dec 20, 2007 3:13 PM, Ryan Kruse <rkruse at alterpoint.com> wrote:

>  PingShan Li,
>
> Instead of running the Perl script directly, I suggest downloading our
> AdapterTool program.
>
> We have details docs here:
> http://staging.ziptie.org/documentation/latest/Content/index.html#d0e254
>
> Those docs will soon more, so try this link if the one above doesn't work
> for you.
> http://www.ziptie.org/documentation/latest/Content/index.html
>
> -Ryan
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* dev-bounces at ziptie.org [mailto:dev-bounces at ziptie.org] *On Behalf
> Of *PingShan Li
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:59 PM
> *To:* dev at ziptie.org
> *Subject:* [Dev] cisco IOS retrieval failure
>
>   I am a newbie to ziptie and I have a problem with ziptie for cisco
> retrieval. Please let me know what I need to do to make it work.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> PingShan Li
>
>
>
>
>
> OS: Windows xp Professional 2002 sp2
>
> Perl: 5.8.8
>
> Ziptie version: 2007.9.2.v200711091724
>
>
>
> iosInvoke:
>
>
>
> <backup xmlns="backup">
>     <connectionPath host=" 192.168.20.2" xmlns="">
>         <credentials>
>             <credential name="roCommunityString" value="public"/>
>             <credential name="username" value="abc"/>
>             <credential name="rwCommunityString" value="private"/>
>             <credential name="enableUsername" value=""/>
>             <credential name="password" value="abc123"/>
>             <credential name="enablePassword" value="abc123"/>
>         </credentials>
>         <protocols>
>             <protocol name="Telnet" port="23">
>                 <properties/>
>             </protocol>
>         </protocols>
>     </connectionPath>
> </backup>
>
>
>
> Command line:
> perl -I ..\..\ziptie.adapters.cisco.ios_2007.9.2.v200711091724\scripts
> invoke.pl ZipTie::Adapters::Cisco::IOS backup -i samples\iosInvoke.xml
>
> core\org.ziptie.adapters\scripts>perl -I
> ..\..\ziptie.adapters.cisco.ios_2007.9.2.v200711091724\scripts invoke.plZipTie::Adapters::Cisco::IOS backup -i samples\iosInvoke.xml
> 2007-12-20 13:41:36 [ZipTie::Typer] Loading ziptie types from file
> './ziptie-types.xml'
> 2007-12-20 13:41:36 [ZipTie::Typer] commandList =>
> ZipTie::CliCommands::from_xml
> 2007-12-20 13:41:36 [ZipTie::Typer] restoreFileInfo =>
> ZipTie::RestoreFile::from_xml
> 2007-12-20 13:41:36 [ZipTie::Typer] fileServers =>
> ZipTie::ConnectionPath::FileServer::from_xml
> 2007-12-20 13:41:36 [ZipTie::Typer] protocols =>
> ZipTie::ConnectionPath::Protocol::from_xml
> 2007-12-20 13:41:36 [ZipTie::Typer] credentials =>
> ZipTie::Credentials::from_xml
> 2007-12-20 13:41:36 [ZipTie::Typer] connectionPath =>
> ZipTie::ConnectionPath::from_xml
> 2007-12-20 13:41:36 [ZipTie::Typer] Using translator for type:
> connectionPath => ZipTie::ConnectionPath::from_xml
> Can't locate object method "backup" via package
> "ZipTie::Adapters::Cisco::IOS" at (eval 16) line 2.
>
>
>
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