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HP Comware 7 Switches

I have been using CatTools successfully with Cisco and HP Procurve switches for some time now, but I can't get the software to successfully talk to a new Comware switch. Looking at the debug logs it looks like it isn't coping with the default Comware prompt format e.g. <sysname> or [sysname] for user or system view respectively. Any idea what I need to do to get it to work?

Thanks

iain

ps I have logged a call with SolarWinds but this is proving to be a soul destroying process. The case is flagged as not started after two days, I've left answer phone messages to no avail and listened to muzak for far too long.

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bkyle

Which device type are you using? Also, have you used Variations to modify the prompt?

idm24

Hi,

I'm using HP.Switch.Others and model 5900. If I use Variations it seems to work, but I really don't want to set up variations for every switch in our new building or have things break because a switch is renamed. In my view the parsing/prompt construction logic is broken and needs to be fixed. If this was freeware I'd be happy to bodge things, but as this is a commercial bit of software it should work.

thanks

iain

bkyle

Variations can provide a work around until the device has been added to CatTools.

idm24

Indeed, but in this instance the 5900 is a supported model. Either I'm doing something wrong or the implementation is broken/incomplete/sub-optimal.

Thanks

iain

bkyle

Can you sanitize a debug file and post it here?

idm24

Of course

<PROTOCOL=SSH2>

<R-14:25:03>Last login time: Tue Jan 11 04:01:03 2011[13][10][13][13][10]

<R-14:25:04>[13][13][10][00]******************************************************************************[13][13][10]* Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. *[13][13][10]* Without the owner's prior written consent, *[13][13][10]* no decompiling or reverse-engineering shall be allowed. *[13][13][10]******************************************************************************[13][13][10][13][13][10][00]

<R-14:25:04><sw-c-ls (Core Lab South)>

<W-14:25:04>[13]

<R-14:25:05>[13][13][10]<sw-c-ls (Core Lab South)>

<W-14:25:05>screen-length disable

<R-14:25:05>screen-length dis

<R-14:25:05>a

<R-14:25:05>b

<R-14:25:05>le

<W-14:25:05>[13]

<R-14:25:05>[13][13][10]<sw-c-ls (Core Lab South)>

<W-14:25:05>[13]

<R-14:25:05>[13][13][10]<sw-c-ls (Core Lab South)>

<W-14:25:05>system-view

<R-14:25:05>system-view

<W-14:25:05>[13]

<R-14:25:05>[13][13][10]System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.[13][13][10][sw-c-ls (Core Lab South)]

================================================================================

WFMDRetVal=1 Waiting for: "<sw-c-ls (Core Lab South)]"

WFMDRetVal=2 Waiting for: "<sw-c-ls (Core Lab South)>"

WFMDRetVal=3 Waiting for: "Password"

WFMDRetVal=4 Waiting for: "login as:"

WFMDRetVal=5 Waiting for: "[y/n]"

WFMDRetVal=6 Waiting for: "[Y/N]"

WFMDBuffer="[13][13][10]system view: return to user view with ctrl+z.[13][13][10][sw-c-ls (core lab south)]"

================================================================================

<R-14:35:06>[13][13][10]Inactive timeout reached, logging out.[13][13][10]

<HOSTNAME="<sw-c-ls (Core Lab South)">

twin--turbo

I can't see that you ever got this working.

I did with a bit of work.

Standard Prompts

enable prompt

]

console prompt

username prompt

as:

password prompt

password:

VARIATIONS:

Full Prompts>Full Enable Prompt>

Additional Commands>Disable paging>

screen-length disable

Additional Commands>show startup config>

display saved-configuration

twin--turbo

using HP.Switch.Others