Hello
anyone here got any experience backing up configurationfrom brocade fc switches?
i suspect that you have to make a script that uploads the config to ftp instead of transfering the configuration over telnet or ssh.
any sugestions is good
erlend, did you ever get this working? It should just be a matter of creating a device template that issues the configUpload to transfer the config via TFTP. Let me know if you're still interested in getting this working and we can work with you on creating a template.
Chris
I would find this really useful. I have been given a project to backup our security and network appliances including Brocade SAN switches and would like to automate this (preferrably in solarwinds). I'll be happy to work with you to create template.
Regards
Dan
Did you manage to get a template built for the brocade fabric switches? I also need to back them up using NCM
danglebbits and chris, please post a list of commands you would normally type to login to the device and show or copy the running config from your Brocade fabric switch. I'll also need a list of the exact prompts you see at each stage.
E.g.
1. Telnet to Brocade switch
2. Login complete
ready:
2. Prompted for credentials
Username:
Password:
3. Enter into privileged mode
Enable
4. Prompted for enable credentials
5. Now in enable mode
ready#
6. Show running config
show running-config
etc....
Also, please send me the sysobject ID of the Brocade Switch. Once I have this, I can create a template for you to try and then we can look at a session trace to see where this is getting stuck.
Thanks,
Please try this template and let me know how it works. You'll need to copy this file to your "Solarwinds\Configuration Management\DeviceTypes" directory
I've provided two options in the template:
1. Telnet or SSH config transfer - NCM will telnet to the device and issue the "configshow" command to attempt to download the config line by line
2. SCP config transfer - NCM will telnet to the device and then issue the "configupload" command to attempt to SCP the config file to NCM 5.5.2's built-in SCP server
Please note, for the SCP option, you'll need to use NCM 5.5.2. To change between Telnet/SSH versus SCP transfer, you'll need to open the NCM desktop client application, edit the device, and change the config transfer setting as appropriate.
Looks good its working with a Silkworm 200E.
Its only difficult to compare two configs with the long command lines
There is only one little thing that Brocade writes the date into the configuration "date = Thu Apr 1 16:20:09 2010" so its always marked that the config is changed.
Hi Blehmann -
You can specify lines to ignore by clicking "specify comparison criteria" in the config change report screen. I think that will help.
--Christine
I tried the Brocade config template and it does successfully download, however it doesn't look like the running config. It looks like an SNMP Walk. Am I missing something here? I'm using Telnet.
I refreshed the UI and still no luck. I have tried this with two different Brocade switches that have the same OID that is referenced in this topic.
I think I found the problem. I was looking at the template, and it references using SCP for getting the configuration. IS there a way to use NCM to backup a Brocade switch using SSH or telnet?
Hi orionfan,
Let's continue the discussion in the other thread: Trying to download configs for Brocade 7800 switches using SCP on NCM 6.0
Regards,
Jiri
