[c-nsp] OT: Router//Switches Hardware inventory

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick at inex.ie> wrote:

> On 29/09/2009 23:23, omar parihuana wrote:
>
>> Do you know an open source tool for router hardware inventory? I have many
>> Cisco devices with many cards inserted, and manage the inventory via Excel
>> Format is hard... please any suggestion?
>>
>
> RANCID (http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/) will manage version control for
> your router configurations, but at the top of each configuration file, it
> will also attempt to do a semi-intelligent internal inventory of the router,
> down to blade level.  The down-side is that the configuration is stored in
> unstructured text.
>
> If you want something which gives structured text, use "show inventory" on
> your equipment.  The output of this command can be parsed, and if you're
> running rancid or something similar which allows scripted access to your
> kit, you can script this to provide structured lists of equipment.
>
> Nick
>
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There's also a 'show inventory raw'...for what it's worth


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