[rancid] Rancid with Dell 6248 errors

[Antonio Querubin]

On Thu, 8 Oct 2015, David Ahrens wrote:

> I'm testing Rancid 3.2 with a Dell Powerconnect 6248.  The Dell is 
> running version 3.3.3.3 of the firmware.
>
> When I run:
>   /usr/local/rancid/bin/clogin -f .cloginrc rancid-test
>
> I'm able to login and get a prompt "rancid-test>".  If I hit return, I 
> immediately get another command prompt.
>
> When I run "/usr/local/bin/rancid-run"  The log file shows
>             Error: TIMEOUT reached
>             Missed cmd(s): all commands
>             End of run not found
>       add password {##########}

Dell switches originate from multiple vendors.  The following patch for 
dell.pm for PowerConnect 7048 may work for you:


--- dell.pm     2014-10-06 18:17:17.000000000 -1000
+++ powerconnect.pm     2015-02-23 14:44:57.360419809 -1000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package dell;
+package powerconnect;
  ##
  ## $Id: dlrancid.in 2258 2010-10-11 20:49:05Z heas $
  ##
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
  TOP: while(<$INPUT>) {
         tr/\015//d;
         # XXX this match is not correct for DELL
-       if (/[>#]\s?exit$/) {
+       if (/[>#]\s?exit/) {
             $clean_run = 1;
             last;
         }


And add the following to rancid.types.conf:

powerconnect;script;rancid -t powerconnect
powerconnect;login;clogin
powerconnect;module;powerconnect
powerconnect;inloop;powerconnect::inloop
powerconnect;command;powerconnect::GetSystem;show switch
powerconnect;command;powerconnect::GetConf;show running-config


YMMV

Antonio Querubin
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