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Cisco, iOS, Pexpect, Python

What to expect in pexpect? – Advanced examples

12/07/202320/09/2023 Radosław Kochman

I remember how frustrated I was at the beginning of my journey with pexpect. I never knew what string to put as an expect argument, and even if I knew, the pexpect wasn’t catching it. Today we will go through

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Pagination handling with pexpect

06/06/202306/06/2023 Radosław Kochman

In this article, we will examine the apparently easy task which is a retrieval of the show version command from the Cisco router. What could go wrong there, and how to fix it? Let’s figure it out! Workflow overview Today,

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Cisco, iOS, Pexpect, Python

Script runtime optimization with pexpect

27/03/202322/09/2023 Radosław Kochman

Automation itself is a milestone when it comes to efficiency. Tasks can be executed simultaneously on many devices even during nights/holidays. Sometimes, however, it has its limits. As the task execution time grows more and more, it’s a good idea

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Cisco, iOS, Pexpect, Python

Flow control with pexpect

13/03/2023 Radosław Kochman

Using pexpect is pretty straightforward, but what about the situations, when we don’t know in what state the device, that we’re interacting with is? In such a scenario, we have to implement logic in our script that could handle different

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Basic Cisco router automation workflow with pexpect

10/03/202310/03/2023 Radosław Kochman

Network automation can take many forms depending on the technologies and environments. Sometimes though, we have to dive deep into low-level automation, where we can’t use REST API or other more-convenient technologies. In this article, we will take a brief

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Cisco, Cisco SD-WAN, DEVASC 200-901, REST API, SDN

Cisco SD-WAN REST API calls with Python’s requests library

12/06/202212/06/2022 Radosław Kochman

In the previous article on Cisco SD-WAN, I’ve shown you how to interact with the vManage using Postman software. Now it’s time to do some coding. We will interact with the SD-WAN using the Python requests library. For this article,

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Cisco SD-WAN REST API calls with Postman

11/06/202211/06/2022 Radosław Kochman

This article starts a series covering the depths of Cisco SD-WAN. This time, however, we will just scratch the surface with some basic requests. For that, we will use the Postman software and Cisco SD-WAN 20.4 Always On sandbox Authentication

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Cisco, GNS3, iOS, NetStudy

TCN impact on the MST topology

28/04/202228/04/2022 Radosław Kochman

Topology changes in a spanning-tree domain are inevitable. But what actually happens, and what impact does it have on the environment? We will find it out in this article! Topology We will examine today’s scenarios on the 3-tier topology. We’ve

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PVST and MST (in)compatibility

27/04/202227/04/2022 Radosław Kochman

Spanning-tree protocol configurations can cause headaches among network engineers. Especially if we have mixed topology, with more than one STP implementation. In this article, we will look closer at the interoperability between the Cisco PVST and MST. Based on two

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OSPF with BFD case study

18/10/202118/10/2021 Radosław Kochman

While administrating the network, it’s important to think about high availability. If one network element goes down, the network can still operate properly after it’s converged. But how about the convergence time? It differs from one protocol to another, and

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