[c-nsp] OT: network inventory

[Ian MacKinnon]

hi Chip,
chip wrote:
> So far all of the software that's been presented will autodiscover devices
> and backup configs and such.  Is there anything around that will actually
> take inventory of a router.  By inventory I mean, list of cards, model
> numbers, serial numbers, pluggable optics, etc.  I've been working on
> scripts to do this and it's become alot more complicated than I had
> originally planned.  If there's already some software out there that does
> this, I'd love to get my hands on it.
>
> --chip
>
CiscoWorks does all that magic inventory stuff.
Costs though :-(

You can then do all sorts of queries, eg tell me all the routers running 
12.x with a WICxxxx because there is a vulnerability.


On recent IOS's "show inventory" does what you want, but it is not 
supported everywhere.


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