[rancid] problems with PowerConnect switches

['heasley']

Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 09:12:00PM +0000, Wayne Eisenberg:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 'heasley' [mailto:heas at shrubbery.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 1:13 PM
> > To: Wayne Eisenberg <Wayne.Eisenberg at CarolinasIT.com>
> > Cc: 'heasley' <heas at shrubbery.net>; 'rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net'
> > <rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net>
> > Subject: Re: [rancid] problems with PowerConnect switches
> > 
> > Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 06:51:01AM +0000, Wayne Eisenberg:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: heasley [mailto:heas at shrubbery.net]
> > > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 3:06 PM
> > > > To: Wayne Eisenberg <Wayne.Eisenberg at CarolinasIT.com>
> > > > Cc: 'rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net' <rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net>
> > > > Subject: Re: [rancid] problems with PowerConnect switches
> > > >
> > > > Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 10:18:54AM +0000, Wayne Eisenberg:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a PowerConnect 5448 that I am having trouble with. If I run
> > > > > the steps
> > > > manually it's fine, but using rancid-run always fails.
> > > > >
> > > > > The router.db file is:
> > > > > pc5448;powerconnect;up
> > > > >
> > > > > The etc/rancid.types.conf section is:
> > > > >
> > > > > powerconnect;script;rancid -t powerconnect
> > > > > powerconnect;login;clogin powerconnect;module;dell
> > > > > powerconnect;inloop;dell::inloop
> > > > > powerconnect;command;dell::GetSystem;show system
> > > > > powerconnect;command;dell::GetConf;show running-config
> > > > >
> > > > > and all the info in .clogin is fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > If I manually run clogin for that switch, it has no problems. Then
> > > > > running
> > > > 'show system' and 'show running-config' gives no problems.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > meaning that
> > > > clogin -c 'show system;show running-config' hostname completes w/o a
> > > > timeout?  if so, that implies to me that either a pager is involving
> > > > itself in an unrecognized manner or there is other unrecognized
> > > > input preventing it from finding the prompt reliably, possibly due
> > > > to TERM settings (and poor defaults).  that could be tested, or it
> > > > might debugging to, run that clogin from cron to see how it acts w/o a
> > terminal.
> > > >
> > >
> > > That results in:
> > >
> > > User Name:admin
> > > Password:************
> > >
> > > console#
> > > console# terminal length 0
> > > % Unrecognized command
> > >
> > > What is issuing the 'terminal length 0' command?
> > 
> > clogin.  how is the pager disabled on that device?
> 
> 'terminal datadump' for both devices

you need a login script that sends that command.

> Interestingly enough, the 'show system' and 'show version' outputs of both switches look amazingly similar to each other. I don't know who copied who, but the command sets look very similar.