Here's an Expect script I use to automated the collection of troubleshooting information from Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s. It can easily be modified to suite almost any device that supports telnet. I used ":(5|6)# $" as the regex for the CLI prompt, this should match any CPU/SF on either Slot 5 or Slot 6.
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#
# Filename: /usr/local/etc/showtechdump.exp
#
# Purpose: Expect script designed to telnet into Avaya ERS 8600 switches
# and execute the "show tech" command, recording the output. The
# goal of this script is to automate the data capture from the
# Nortel Ethernet Routing Switches of the "show tech" command.
#
#
# Switches: Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 (formerly Passport)
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# Author: Michael McNamara (McNamaraM@mlhs.org)
#
# Date: June 1, 2006
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# Version: 0.5
#
# Changes:
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# June 8, 2005 (M.McNamara)
# add documentation and ARGV command line checks
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#
set force_conservative 0 ;# set to 1 to force conservative mode even if
;# script wasn't run conservatively originally
if {$force_conservative} {
set send_slow {1 .1}
proc send {ignore arg} {
sleep .1
exp_send -s -- $arg
}
}
if {[llength $argv] == 0} {
puts "usage: showtechdump <SWITCH> <USERNAME> <PASSWORD>"
exit 1
}
set LPATH "/usr/local/etc"
set TELNET "/usr/bin/telnet"
set SWITCH [lindex $argv 0]
set MANAGER [lindex $argv 1]
set PASSWD [lindex $argv 2]
set TODAY [timestamp -format %y%m%d ]
set WEEKDAY [timestamp -format %a ]
set DATE [timestamp -format %c ]
log_file $LPATH/$SWITCH.showtech.log
set prompt ":(5|6)# $"
set timeout 60
spawn $TELNET $SWITCH
match_max 100000
expect "Connected to"
expect "Login:"
send -- "$MANAGER\r"
send -- "$PASSWD\r"
expect -re $prompt
send -- "config cli more false \r"
expect -re $prompt
send -- "show tech\r"
expect -re $prompt
send -- "show config\r"
expect -re $prompt
send -- "show sys topology\r"
expect -re $prompt
send -- "logout\r"
expect eof
Cheers!
