* The previous module only worked for 32-bit IOSXR, and already
there some fiddling with the STDIN of the process was required
when being run from netdisco-backend
* In 64-bit IOSXR, the STDIN workaround stopped working and
created a stuck ssh process on every arpnip
* This new version uses Expect instead of plain SSH, so a proper
pty is provided under any circumstances
* Successfully tested on recent 32- and 64-bit variants
Hi @ollyg! Unfortunately I have found some issues with the code we
finally released in #680:
* get_port_macs expects an array ref but values() returns array,
so the code was never called due to the return unless... check
* When fw_mac_list had exactly two entries, only the second value
was bound as a scalar to the parameter. This is probably due
to the shorthand bind formats described in
https://metacpan.org/pod/DBIx::Class::ResultSet#DBIC-BIND-VALUES,
but I'm not a 100% on this.
* return unless now checks for an entry in the list, with the old
check the statement was also executed for empty lists
In cases where only the device(_port)?.mac lookup worked for uplink
detection, users of 02.044005 - 010 might get a lot of uplinks not
labeled as such.
This module works for Extreme (formerly Avaya) VSP switches running the
VOSS operating system. When using multiple VRFs, the default Arpnip does
not work.
The way to query the ARP tables of different VRFs is to append "::X" to
the end of the SNMP community string, where "X" is the VRF ID number.
Since Netdisco doesn't support querying with multiple community strings
at this time, this module uses SSH to query the ARP tables of all the
VRFs by default or select VRFs using the "vrfs" key in "device_auth"
(see documentation in the module for an example).
* Reduce macsuck bandwidth usage to database
get_port_macs transfers a full list of all device_port.(mac,ip) in every macsuck.
With 8k devices and 40k interfaces it takes up around 15MB. Transferring them 8k times
during an 1h macsuck cycle requires bandwidth in the 300 to 400 mbit/s range.
This patch changes get_port_macs to be called inside walk_fwtable and only transfer
the macs found in the current target device/vlan.
Give the user wanting to manually run a discover|arpnip|macsuck job in
the foreground preference over the respective `_min_age` setting. Tiny
quality of life improvement that mostly comes up in debugging.
