RE: Syntax checker for Cisco config files

From: Scott.Keoseyan@BroadWing.com
Date: Wed Jun 26 2002 - 11:30:26 EDT


Cisco used to make something called Netsys Baseliner for Windows that did
this... I don't know if it is still available or not or whether it is even
supported anymore. It was supposedly an offshoot of the full-version of
Netsys. I assume the full-version, along with the network modeling
component, probably did this as well, but for just syntax checking, I think
the full version would be a little pricey.

-sak

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Przemyslaw Karwasiecki [mailto:karwas@ifxcorp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:21 AM
> To: Bruce Campbell
> Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: Syntax checker for Cisco config files
>
>
> I believe that even if such think exist it will not be able
> to perform full syntax check, as this is heavy dependent on
> IOS version/Hardware configuration.
>
> How to validate if object like FastEthernet3/0/4 exist?
> How to validate if LLQ config is valid in the context
> of ATM interface?
> Etc, etc,....
>
> Przemek
>
> On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 09:41, Bruce Campbell wrote:
> >
> > Before I wander off and reinvent the wheel again, is there
> a standalone
> > program/script in existence (seperate from the router
> itself) that will
> > parse an existing cisco confg file, and give a yay or nay
> as regards the
> > correctness of its syntax ?
> >
> > Google unfortunately is failing to come through in
> searching for such a
> > beastie, and I cannot imagine the thing not being already
> implemented.
> >
> > --==--
> > Bruce.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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