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1. Re: Netdisco and Aruba Controllers (n...@erudicon.com)
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I would consider going at it through the controller’s REST API. There is an API
call that just involves sending the CLI command and returns the output as a
nicely formatted JSON object.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2022, at 5:52 AM, Christian Ramseyer wrote:
>
>
> On 09.08.22 22:04, Muris wrote:
> > Thanks, i will try this really appreciate
> >
> > A question - whats the real reason some of this data cant be gotten out of
> > snmp and it needs ssh just to get arps?
> >
> > Is it some limitations of the aruba product on snmp?
>
> For starters, the standard MIB for ARP tables is ancient and
> insufficient for todays technology, it's just a flat list and knows
> nothing about VRFs, multiple IP stacks, independent VMs inside your
> fancy new firewall etc. It's pretty useless except for primitive devices.
>
> So then every vendor has it quirks. Maybe Aruba Controllers even have a
> special MIB for it, I don't know if anybody checked.
>
> But SSH is the most reliable way to get it, and it's also pretty easy to
> implement in a few lines of code.
>
> > I dont get how like cisco just works and anything hp/aruba requires
> so much tweaking
>
>
> I wouldn't say Cisco is much better, if you look closely you'll find
> that six of the SSHCollector modules are for various Cisco product lines
> :) It's just the most popular brand so many people have bashed their
> head against it already.
>
> Cheers
> Christian
>
>
>
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