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 +==== Vendor Questionnaire ====
 +
 +In order to build a new vendor module, we need to get a good overview of the device / vendor. Here are some basic questions and properties whose answers need to be provided:
 +
 +=== Protocols ===
 +
 +- telnet, ssh portnumbers\\
 +- preferences
 +
 +=== Login ===
 +
 +- user prompt\\
 +- password / passcode / phrase / key\\
 +- messages \\
 +- default modes possible (disabled, enabled, config, locked)
 +
 +=== Node credentials ===
 +
 +- rme user / passwd\\
 +- local user / passwd\\
 +- "enable" string\\
 +- other methods
 +
 +=== Node prompts ===
 +
 +- hostname\\
 +- enable mode\\
 +- possibility to 'disable' or only quit to go down one level or disconnect?\\
 +- config mode\\
 +- sub config sections
 +
 +=== Hardware ===
 +
 +- retrieve model\\
 +- retrieve modules \\
 +- action on model verification
 +
 +=== OS version ===
 +
 +- retrieve version\\
 +- subversions\\
 +- action on version mismatch\\
 +- action on subversion mismatch
 +
 +=== OS files ===
 +
 +- location\\
 +- filename conventions\\
 +- verification
 +
 +=== Commit ===
 +
 +- commit status\\
 +- action on pending commits\\
 +- commit verification\\
 +- action on commit verification failures\\
 +- commit command and tagging\\
 +- action on commit failures
 +
 +=== Rollback ===
 +
 +- rollback options\\
 +- default rollback actions (tagging)\\
 +- rollback command and tagging\\
 +- action on rollback unavailability\\
 +- action on rollback failure
 +
 +=== Config file ===
 +
 +- save options (eg run to startup)\\
 +- save command and tagging\\
 +- startup / run verification commands\\
 +- action on pending startup / run verification failure\\
 +- startup options and commands
 +- ever-changing information in the configuration (for example timestamps) that will need to be filtered out for NCCM purposes?\\
 +- examples of configuration lines where credentials are shown and need to be censored\\
 +
 +
 +=== Config download ===
 +
 +- download config / startup file commands\\
 +- config verification criteria\\
 +- action on config verification failure\\
 +- additional actions and commands on new config (eg vlan.txt)
 +
 +=== Config upload ===
 +
 +- config save to file options\\
 +- config upload options\\
 +- config upload timeout\\
 +- action on config upload failure\\
 +- when to upload config automatically?
 +
 +=== Reload ===
 +
 +- reload readiness criteria (eg registry)\\
 +- reload command and confirmations\\
 +- reload timeout \\
 +- reload verification commands\\
 +- action on reload verification failure
 +
 +=== Commands ===
 +
 +- inter-command delay\\
 +- config mode verification\\
 +- config mode commands\\
 +- non-config command recognition\\
 +- action on non-config commands\\
 +- error and warning messages\\
 +- action on error messages\\
 +- action on warning messages
 +
 +=== Default confirmation action ===
 +
 +- timeout before confirm\\
 +- just enter or….\\
 +- response timeout\\
 +- no response actions
 +
 +=== File transfers ===
 +
 +- tftp, sftp, ssh, other\\
 +- commands\\
 +- action on file transfer failure\\
 +- timeouts for transfers\\
 +- action on transfer timeout\\
 +- file integrity verification (eg. MD5)\\
 +- action on file integrity failure
 +
 +=== Sample standard 'transactions' ===
 +
 +- Config diff, verify the running config is unchanged from last change\\
 +- login\\
 +- hardware unchanged?\\
 +- os version unchanged?\\
 +- pending commits?\\
 +- running matches startup?\\
 +- upload config\\
 +- diff config against last saved(from change, confirmed by operator)
 +
 +=== Import commands - execute commands in config mode ===
 +
 +- login\\
 +- hardware unchanged?\\
 +- os version unchanged?\\
 +- pending commit?\\
 +- running matches startup?\\
 +- go into config mode\\
 +- issue commands, eval for warnings and errors\\
 +- validate commit\\
 +- commit and tag \\
 +- rollback if indicated by err / policy\\
 +- save as startup
 +
 +=== Config save - upload active config after a change for future diff/report ===
 +
 +- login\\
 +- hardware unchanged?\\
 +- os version unchanged?\\
 +- pending commits?\\
 +- running matches startup?\\
 +- save config and upload\\
 +- tag and store in database
 +
 +Startup config - download startup config to node, save as startup\\
 +Reload node - restart node using startup config\\
 +File transfer - binary (OS) file download (and upload too?)
  
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