[rancid] Force10 FTOS 9 still triggering alerts due to flash mod time changing and fan speed

[Heasley]

> Am 30.01.2017 um 17:16 schrieb Doug Hughes <doug.hughes at keystonenap.com>:
> 
> 
> Yes, this is relatively easy to fix.
> 
> for the first I'd add a line in your ShowFlash proc near the other 'next if' lines like so:
> 
> next if / \.?$/;
> (that will skip the . and .. entries.)
> 
Doesnt that skip any line with an end?
> for the next it'd be in the ShowChassis procedure you could do something similar, however if you care about the fan status but       not the speed (reasonable), you have to do a little more processing. There are ways you could do this with more work by eliminating the speed, but the simple answer might be:
> 
> next if / up /;
> 
> It's a little bit scattershot, but it will quiet the noise unless something important comes up with a fan or a power supply. (It's also easier than testing the alternate)
> 
>> On 1/30/2017 5:30 PM, Vinny.Abello at nttdata.com wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>  
>> I’ve got RANCID pointed at various Force10 switches all running some release of OS 9. RANCID continually sees changes from doing a directory listing. This has been discussed before here:
>>  
>> http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2013-August/006995.html
>>  
>> It seemed like this was a new issue with OS 9 and a patch was issued to address it. However, I’m running RANCID 3.6.2 and can see in f10rancid that it is patched in this manner, but it seems to have no effect for me. I continually get diffs every time rancid-run fires.
>>  
>> An example:
>>  
>> @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
>>   !Boot Variables: BOOT INTERFACE GATEWAY IP ADDRESS =  variable does not exist
>>   !Boot Variables: Reload Mode =  normal-reload
>>   !
>>   !Flash: flash:   1  drwx       4096   Dec 31 1979 16:00:00 -08:00 .
>> - !Flash: flash:   2  drwx       3584   Jan 30 2017 13:03:18 -08:00 ..
>> + !Flash: flash:   2  drwx       3584   Jan 30 2017 14:03:26 -08:00 ..
>>   !Flash: flash:   3  drwx       4096   Sep 08 2015 22:11:08 -08:00 TRACE_LOG_DIR
>>   !Flash: flash:   4  drwx       4096   Sep 08 2015 22:11:08 -08:00 CONFD_LOG_DIR
>>   !Flash: flash:   5  drwx       4096   Sep 08 2015 22:11:08 -08:00 CORE_DUMP_DIR
>>   !Flash: flash:   6  d---       4096   Sep 08 2015 22:11:08 -08:00 ADMIN_DIR
>>  
>>  
>> Additionally, I think it was also mentioned somewhere on this list, some of the output captured includes the RPM reading of the fans in the chassis when checking the power supplies and it is comparing these values which should be ignored.
>>  
>> Here is an example of that:
>>  
>> @@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
>>   !Chassis: No Of MACs                 : 3
>>   !Chassis: --  Power Supplies  --
>>   !Chassis: Unit   Bay   Status       Type    FanStatus   FanSpeed(rpm)
>>   !Chassis:   1     1    up           AC      up          10288
>> - !Chassis:   1     2    up           AC      up          10256
>> + !Chassis:   1     2    up           AC      up          10288
>>   !Chassis: --  Fan  Status  --
>>   !Chassis: 1           up
>>   !Chassis: 1           up
>>   !Chassis: 1           up
>>  
>>  
>> Is there something I can change in f10rancid to have it ignore these two things and can this be pushed into a future release? I’d be happy to test anything against a myriad of Force10 gear I have.
>>  
>> Thanks!
>>  
>> -Vinny
>> 
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