NCM config comparison problem 4500 "ip vrf Liin-vrf"

rhrohde

Hello all.  I am failry new to Solarwinds.  I am setting up our routers in Orion and NCM.  I was able to get the config comparison exceptions setup for most evertying based on what I've learned from Thwack so thanks for that.  However, there is one that I have not been able to figure out.   These are Cisco 4500X (I have 3 of them).  The running config has the line in it "ip vrf Liin-vrf".  The startup config does NOT.  Even if I do a write mem, it stays like this.  I have attached the screen shot from the Config Comparison on one of the 4500s showing this.  I have tried the following regex in the NCM comparison criteria settings and NONE of them worked:

[ \t\r\n\v\f]ip vrf Liin-vrf[ \t\r\n\v\f]* - nope

^*ip vrf Liin-vrf* - nope

^ip vrf - nope

[ \t\r\n\v\f]ip vrf*[ \t\r\n\v\f] - nope

[ \t\r\n\v\f]ip vrf[ \t\r\n\v\f] - nope

^ip vrf Liin-vrf - nope

ip vrf Liin-vrf - nope

I am hoping one of you with experience in this can help me get this figured out.

Thanks,

Rick

NCM-comp-ipvrf.jpg

zackm

couple of thoughts:

1) Try to create 2 separate rules in your Comparison Criteria like so:

^ip vrf Liin-vrf

^!

For whatever reason, NCM DOES NOT like any Regex statements that cross multiple lines... (even though that's just silly)

2) I've seen similar errors with ASA devices that are using the generic Cisco IOS Device Template that doesn't have the terminal width command... You might try playing with that too. I haven't seen too many 4500 configs in the wild so I don't know if that is even topical, just a random idea at this point

Past this, I would open a ticket with Tech Support to see if this might be a known issue with an easy resolution.

Good luck!

-ZackM

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