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HP J8693A ProCurve Switch 3500yl-48G SSH Login failure

Hi all,

I was able to tweak Cirrus to make it successfuly login and download configs and execute scripts via Telnet from my test HP J8693A ProCurve Switch 3500yl-48G. Now I have tested it via SSH and I am not able to figure it out. The problem is that it shows "Press any key to continue" after you login and not before as with the Telnet connection. So the "PreCommand" command won't solve it. However I have managed to tweak it in such a way that when you validate login information on the device it says " login successful" - I did it by tweaking the "Reset" command and using the "Virtual prompt" command.

The funny thing is, I believe, that Cirrus does not use the same procedure for downloading configs/executing scripts, so it simple gets stuck on that bloody "Press any key to continue" and does not get the enable prompt it is waiting for. This make me believe that something like a "PostCommand" is needed.

Is there any work around that issue?

Could you please download SecureCRT and see how they automate logging in - I have managed to login into any CLI so far with minimal effort. It is easy and really customizable - I really do not understand why SolarWinds engineers have not implemented such a simple and really working solution. Don't they test the software? Don't they use the software?

I look forward to your replies

Many thanks,

Ge0rge

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chris.lapoint

Hi George, thanks for the post. This is actually very timely because we're working on a fix for the issue you described as we speak and we'd love your help in testing. Please open a ticket with support and have them assign your case to #1722 in development and we'll get you a prototype of the fix for testing.

firemanf29

Was this ever resolved? I'm having the same issue.

christineb

Hi Firemanf29 - are you running the most current version of NCM?

--Christine

tkstkstks

I have attached two files with space bar answer. Kindly copy those to

c:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Configuration Management\DeviceTypes

change the extension, I have changed to txt format, just remove the format.

<Configuration-Management Device="HP J4865A ProCurve Switch 4108GL" SystemOID=" 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.7.11.23">
   <Commands>
       <Command Name="RESET" Value="terminal length 1000"/>
       <Command Name="Reboot" Value="reset board{CRLF}y${CRLF}"/>
       <Command Name="EnterConfigMode" Value="configure"/>
       <Command Name="ExitConfigMode" Value="end"/>
       <Command Name="Startup" Value="text-config-file"/>
       <Command Name="Running" Value="text-config-file"/>
       <Command Name="DownloadConfig" Value="Show Config"/>
       <Command Name="UploadConfig" Value="${EnterConfigMode}${CRLF}${ConfigText}${CRLF}${ExitConfigMode}"/>
       <Command Name="DownloadConfigIndirect" Value="copy config tftp text${CRLF}${StorageFilename}${CRLF}${StorageAddress}${CRLF}"/>
       <Command Name="UploadConfigIndirect" Value="copy tftp file${CRLF}4${CRLF}${StorageFilename}${CRLF}${StorageAddress}${CRLF}"/>
       <Command Name="EraseConfig" Value="reset configuration${CRLF}y${CRLF}"/>
       <Command Name="Version" Value="show version"/>
       <Command Name="PreCommand" Value=" "/>

   </Commands>
</Configuration-Management>

Space HP J4865A ProCurve Switch 4108GL-1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.7.11.23.ConfigMgmt-Commands.txt