> I think there was a way of pulling the underlying config off by tftp, maybe triggered through the CLI,
I have the CLI menu stuff, and yes I’m SOL. I did some hard digging at one point, and found a few approaches that might work for this version of software.
1. Upgrade to 3Com OS version 3.0. I have 2.<something> and can’t find a newer version of code, so I wasn’t able to use this approach, but the command is something like “system backup <tftp server address and path>”
2. Install 3Com Network Director (
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http:/support.3com.com/software*), which in theory does backups of menu-drive 3Com devices older than 2.999. HP stopped supporting this sometime between 2008 and 2010, but if you happen to have (or are able to acquire) a licensed copy, this is a viable approach to investigate. Network Director license cost something like $1500, the official (as of 2010) HP replacement cost $20k. These URLs might be interesting to read:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f31/3com-network-director-539929.html https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/152273-alternatives-to-3com-network-supervisior 3. There’s a 3rd party software that reports itself able to support 3Com gear.
https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Kiwi_CatTools/Kiwi_CatTools_3.11_Administrator_Guide/030_Devices/030_Device_speciific_infomation/050_3Com_superstack_switches 4. I’ve heard rumors that HP Open View can do this as well, though I haven’t investigated this avenue.
Unfortunately for me none of these are viable approaches so I was forced to resort to SNMP polling, that at least got us VLAN assignments for the switchports. Since our 3Com deployment is hopefully on a short remaining lifespan, and since these days they’re largely static in their config across all 3Com switches, therefor switch replacement-on-failure is a manageable process and my director hasn’t authorized investigation of switch backup beyond this cursory level.
But if it’s something that interests you, I’m sure there’s a way to get any of these into a state that rancid can ingest it into the repository.
BTW... if you’re looking for a 3Com owner/operator manual:
http://www.mtmnet.com/PDF_FILES/3C16980_MgmtGuide.pdf Weylin
-----Original Message-----
From: Jethro R Binks <jethro.binks@strath.ac.uk>
Date: Monday, October 30, 2017 at 04:46
To: "rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net" <rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net>
Subject: Re: [rancid] is there scripts for 3com router
Yes, these were my scripts originally (they work "just enough" for me,
unfortunately I hardly have any development time). They will work for
anything(ish) that is Comware-based, (3, 5, 7). But there were few
3Com-branded Comware poroducts, before they became H3C or HP branded, now
HPE; or separately Huawei.
If you're talking about the ancient 3Com lanswitch software (I think
that's what it was called internally) with the menu-driven CLI ... well
you're partly out of luck.
There is a theoretical way, from what I recall, though I never did it for
3Com. I think there was a way of pulling the underlying config off by
tftp, maybe triggered through the CLI, so you might be able to use
something like wraprancid:
https://sites.google.com/site/jrbinks/code/rancid/wraprancid to do that with a new module for 3Com. Maybe.
Jethro.
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Jethro R Binks, Network Manager,
Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, number SC015263.
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017, Daniel Kerse wrote:
> Are these the 3com switches you’re interested in?
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/jrbinks/code/rancid/h3c
>
> Works for me...rancid 3.2
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 at 9:13 AM, Piegorsch, Weylin William <weylin@bu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > There are no 3com scripts. My predecessor had configured an SNMP thing,
> > but that stopped working when we upgraded to rancid v3. If you find one,
> > let me know because I would love to use it.
> >
> >
> >
> > *From: *Adrian Dimitrov <adrian.dimitrov@efellows.bg>
> > *Date: *Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 06:57
> > *To: *"rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net" <rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net>
> > *Subject: *[rancid] is there scripts for 3com router
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello team ,
> >
> >
> >
> > Hope all of you guys are doing well. I have my rancid set up working
> > perfectly fine for a long time now. I am backing up a lot of different
> > devices successfully, but now I have to back up “3COM” router and I can’t
> > find scripts for this type of device.
> >
> > Is there someone who can help with this?
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Adrian Dimitrov
> >
> > System Administrator
> >
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> >
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