Perform an action only on interfaces that don't register a Cisco Device connected to it - (maybe using NCM.CiscoCdp?)

benea

Hello All,

I have a challenging situation where I need to run a series of commands over many interfaces, but avoid those interfaces that have cisco devices plugged in the other end.  Some of these interfaces are trunk interfaces, some are access interfaces.

I can't work from descriptions straight away, unless I can have solarwinds rename the description of the interface based off whether there's something Cisco connected or not.

I'm trying to have a config template loop through every interface and check to see if cdp picks anything up using ncm.CiscoCdp but am falling short.  Has anyone attempted this before? or have a better method?

I started with the compliance tool, but now think that the first action - be it renaming interface descriptions, or performing the actual task - will need to be done through config templates.

Thanks!

benea

Hello,

I've managed to work this out using the following method which has been tested on 2960 series switches running ios 15.0x

I can now automatically add some text to the description field of a interface which has a cisco device attached to it, easily identifying it in a compliance report, while also making sure interfaces without cisco devices connected to the other end have "no cdp enable" issued

/*

.CHANGE_TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION

        This template will single out interfaces with Cisco devices plugged in on the other end and will add to the interface description for Compliance Reporting.

.PLATFORM_DESCRIPTION

        Cisco Switch

.PARAMETER_LABEL @ContextNode

        NCM Node

.PARAMETER_DESCRIPTION @ContextNode

        The node the template will operate on.  All templates require this by default. The target node is selected during the first part of the wizard so it will not be available for selection when defining values of variables.

*/

script FindCDPInterfaces(  

                             NCM.Nodes @ContextNode)

{

  CLI

   {conf t}

   foreach(@cdpitem in @ContextNode.CiscoCdp){

   foreach(@interface in @ContextNode.Interfaces){

     if (@cdpitem.IfIndex == @interface.InterfaceIndex)

       CLI

        {

          interface @interface.InterfaceName

          description @cdpitem.RemoteDevice (CDP_Device)

        }

        else

        if (@interface.InterfaceType == 6){

           CLI

           {

             interface @interface.InterfaceName

             no cdp enable

           }

        }

      }

    }

}