[rancid] Re: OAM Ping scripts?

[Ed Ravin]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 06:44:57PM -0500, Ed Ravin wrote:
> Has anyone automated performing OAM ping on an interface?  It seems like
> a natural fit for RANCID...

It wasn't so hard to do, it turned out.  Here's some sample shell code.

Assuming that "routercmd" runs the requested command on the appropriate
command line, and $VPI and $VCI have the VPI/VCI of the circuit you want
to OAM ping:

   # determine the ATM subinterface
   routerout=$(routercmd "show atm pvc" | perl -n -e "print \$1, \"\\n\" if /^(\\S+)\\s+\\S+\\s+$VPI\\s+$VCI\\s/")
   #     1       2      3    4
   #  6/0.1438   54     0  1438  PVC    SNAP     UBR    1536    UP

   if [ -z "$routerout" ]
   then
        echo "cannot get data from router - check your VPI/VCI and try again"
        exit 25
   fi

   pingcmd="ping atm interface ATM${routerout} $VPI $VCI end-loopback"
   echo $pingcmd
   routercmd "$pingcmd"