[c-nsp] Easy way to configure/build new switches?

[Pete S.]

It would be fairly trivial to write a php/perl script to build a
config, based on your template and questions about settings.  Even
make it into a skeleton webpage if you dont like the CLI.  Then store
the output into a tftp dir.

Go into the switch, give it an IP.  copy tftp://x.x.x.x/filename.txt
startup-config

reload.

--Pete

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Tristan Gulyas <zardoz at hotblack.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We currently do a lot of provisioning of new Cisco 3750G switches.  This
> seems to be a progressive, ongoing thing.
>
> At present, when we receive a new switch, we need to:
>
> * Upgrade firmware (currently 12.2(50)SE crypto, switches typically ship
> with 12.2(35)SE5)
> * Place our config on the switch
> * Configure vlan for management, IP address for management
> * Set first switch in stack to priority 15 (not in the config in a "show
> run")
> * Confgure VTP
> * Change SDM template for dual IPv4/IPv6.
> * Configure uplinks (and optionally downlinks)
>
> At present, we do a lot of copying/pasting from a template page which is
> prone to error.  Upgrading the firmware on these switches is also tedious
> and slow.
>
> Is there a tool or method we could use to quick provision these switches,
> say, if we could automatically get the new firmware/config template from a
> TFTP server?  What concerns me is the lines that aren't actually present in
> the config, i.e. stack priority settings and VTP.
>
> thanks,
> Tristan
>
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