[rancid] Rancid with Dell PowerConnect M8024-k

Ryan Gelobter ryan.g at atwgpc.net
Wed Jul 24 00:09:29 UTC 2019


We have around 100 Dell M8024-k switches and use device type smc with no
issues.

Regards,
Ryan

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 8:36 AM john heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:

> Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 03:53:39AM +0000, Dennis Jasch:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been Googleing a lot on how to get this to work, but had no luck
> yet.
> >
> > Observium version: 19.7.9977
> > Rancid version: 3.9
> > Device: Dell PowerConnect M8024-k
> >
> > The Observium PHP script to generate the rancid router.db classifies the
> switch as "dell" - is this correct? I'm lead to believe it may have to be
> "smc".
>
> I can not say, I do not know this device and dell OEMs all of their
> switch h/w, except perhaps white box h/w.  If the cli and config look
> like another device type in rancid, then that type will likely work.
> Else, perhaps show an example of the cli and config to the list.
>
> smc would be my guess as well.  so, maybe show us the errors and try
> the debug procedure from the FAQ S3 Q2.
>
> If you discover one, please lmk and I will document it in rancid.types.base
> along with the others.
>
> > I have tried both, but neither seems to successfully pull the config.
> The process seems to just hang indefinitely.
> >
> > Testing using: /opt/rancid/bin/clogin -c"show version;" 10.x.x.x seems
> to work correctly.
> >
> > Logs seem to suggest:
> > 10.x.x.x: End of run not found
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dennis.
> >
> >
>
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