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Nortel 8600 - privilege mode

hopenhope

Hi there,

Have used this tool in Cisco gear and it works like a charm - have came accross a Nortel 8600 router in which I need to run two commands every hour but not able to get into privilege mode through a scheduled Activity added.

How could I make it go into privilege mode? For device info, all 'Passwords' are entered correctly and logging works with no problem - was able to see this on Info log. Nortel provided privilege password and a shell password - either way I try on Activity added, by list of commands typed in or reading commands from file, by 'Enter commands in enable mode' ticked in or not selected - not able to get into privilege mode and run two commands through added Activity.

Note that doing this manually works with no problem so no issue with incorrect credentials used - it will be the way CatTools treats 'enable mode' which I would say is different to how Nortel deals with privilege mode - any input out there that would be helpful?

Thanks indeed.

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Spartacus

Hi hopenhope,

The Nortel.Switch.Ethernet device type in CatTools handles entering enable mode as follows:

- Sends enable command to device

- If 'Enter Username:' or 'Enter Password:' prompt is received from the device; CatTools will send either:

a) the 'AAA Username' and 'AAA Password' field credentials if you have the 'Enable mode uses AAA username/password fields' option ticked in the device setup Passwords tab; or
b) the 'Enable password:' field credentials.

- Once the enable mode prompt hostname# is received, the activity continues.

Hope this helps. If not, please detail what you see for your device during a manual Telnet/SSH session.

Regards,

Steve

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Spartacus

Hi hopenhope,

The Nortel.Switch.Ethernet device type in CatTools handles entering enable mode as follows:

- Sends enable command to device

- If 'Enter Username:' or 'Enter Password:' prompt is received from the device; CatTools will send either:

a) the 'AAA Username' and 'AAA Password' field credentials if you have the 'Enable mode uses AAA username/password fields' option ticked in the device setup Passwords tab; or
b) the 'Enable password:' field credentials.

- Once the enable mode prompt hostname# is received, the activity continues.

Hope this helps. If not, please detail what you see for your device during a manual Telnet/SSH session.

Regards,

Steve

hopenhope

Hi Spartacus,

Thanks for the reply - I have tried all Nortel.* devices but none of them enter into privilege mode - I ended up creating a Custom Device file which worked like a charm - bit of reding documentation, variables, etc but all worked out at then end.

Thanks for the input.

Rgds,

Christian.

Spartacus

Hi Christian,

That's very strange as the 'Nortel.Switch.Ethernet' device type script definately contains the code to enter enable mode.

If you are running the Device.CLI.Send commands activity, then please ensure that you have the option 'Enter commands in enable mode' within the 'Options' tab ticked.

If it isn't ticked, then this is most likely the cause of your problem.

Regards,

Steve