topic RE: Display port numbers discreetly in config and not in ranges in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

Display port numbers discreetly in config and not in ranges

simon_bingham — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:30:00 GMT

My turn to ask a question
I’m mocking up a customer environment in our lab ( as I frequently do ).

Typically the hardware in the lab does not exactly match thecustomer environment thus I have to Change the port numbers to match lab gear

For example 3:4 might need to be 1

Search and replace might seem like an obvious solution except
I run into a problems were the ports numbers are described as ranges.

configure vlan NTVLAN add ports 3:1-4, 8:21-22, 8:45-46,9:45 tagged

does anyone know a way around this ? this is problem becausea customer may have 100s of vlans on many switches and I’m currently unable toautomate this process. If the config wasdisplayed with each port number discreetlyI could search and replace is there anyway to get it to display in this format?

RE: Display port numbers discreetly in config and not in ranges

Patrick_Voss — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:34:00 GMT

Hello Simon,

Unfortunately there is not a way to change the way the configuration shows up. EXOS is going to place any ports in ranges if it can.

RE: Display port numbers discreetly in config and not in ranges

simon_bingham — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:34:00 GMT

its a shame is not an option like when we do a show config detail
I bet it would a tiny software change to disable at software routine that shows the port ranges.

RE: Display port numbers discreetly in config and not in ranges

Drew_C — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:37:00 GMT

I don't know how helpful it will be, but there's a Python script on our GitHub page that effectively does the opposite of this. It converts a non-stacking config into one that uses slot:port notation.
https://github.com/extremenetworks/ExtremeScripting/tree/master/EXOS/Python/non_stacking_config_conv...

It may give you some ideas on how to "undo" that with your own script to output a config section in the way you need them to be displayed.

RE: Display port numbers discreetly in config and not in ranges

OscarK — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:42:00 GMT

I created for lab purposes just that what you want, take a customers config and change ports to match my switch I am using. It is written in python. I can send it to you, you only need to adjust it if you dont want to use a webserver to run it.

RE: Display port numbers discreetly in config and not in ranges

simon_bingham — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:44:00 GMT

thanks Oscar , I sort of suspected you might have something as you guys must

do this so much.

RE: Display port numbers discreetly in config and not in ranges

Drew_C — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 22:51:00 GMT

I've posted Oscar's script to GitHub. It works a bit differently than others there, in that it requires a webserver to run. It won't run directly on the switch.
https://github.com/extremenetworks/ExtremeScripting/tree/master/EXOS/Python/convert_port_config