Driver Support Document

Brocade (formerly Foundry) NetIron XMR, v3.7x, and ServerIron Series Switches, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x

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SYSOID Mapping
SYSOID MODEL OS VERSION
 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.3.41.3.2 NetIron XMR4000 Router 3.7.0
 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.3.47.11.2 ServerIron 4G Router 9.4.02d, 9.5, 10.2, 11.0

Driver Features Support Grid

Driver FeaturesAccess Methods
(X signifies feature support)CLISNMPTFTPCLI+TFTPSNMP+TFTPFTPCLI+FTPSNMP+FTPCLI+SFTPSCPCLI+SCPSNMP+SCPHTTP/HTTPS
X Driver Discovery   X X                      
X General Access release notes
(CLI protocols: telnet, ssh1, ssh2, console)
X     X                  
Configuration
X Retrieve Running Configuration release notes X     X                  
X Retrieve Startup Configuration   X     X                  
  Retrieve Binary Configuration                            
X Device information parsing  
X Enhanced Layer2 Basic IP information parsing  
  Configuration Deployment to Running release notes                          
X Configuration Deployment to Startup (with reboot)         X                  
  Binary Configuration Deployment                            
Diagnostics
X Routing Table   X                        
X OSPF Neighbors   X                        
X Interfaces   X                        
X Modules and Inventory   X                        
  Flash Storage Space                            
  File System                            
X Uptime     X                      
X ICMP Test release notes X                        
X Topology Parsing   X                        
  Duplex Parsing                            
  Enhanced VLAN Parsing  
Features
  Software Center release notes                          
  Software Image Synchronization release notes                          
X Password Management  
(Can modify: limited password, full password, read-only community strings, read/write community strings)
X                        
X Syslog Configuration and Change Detection   Syslog patterns X                        
X Custom Scripts and Diagnostics release notes
X                        
X ACL Parsing  
X ACL Provisioning   X                        
  VLAN Provisioning                            
X Configlet Parsing  
  QoS Parsing  
  VRF Parsing  
  Context Management                            

General Access

Release Notes

SSHv1 and SSHv2 Support

The Foundry drivers support both SSHv1 and SSHv2. However, some supported devices only support SSHv1 or SSHv2. The correct SSH version for the device should be selected on the Edit Device page in the "Connection Method" field to ensure proper operation.

Hostnames containing blank characters

The Foundry drivers do not support devices with hostnames that contain blank characters. The SNMP sysName field should not contain blanks to ensure correct operation.

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Configuration Deployment to Running

Release Notes

Configuration deployment and hidden passwords

Foundry devices enable you to hide passwords in their configurations. The passwords are replaced with a sequence of dots. If the Edit/Deploy Configuration task were run using such a configuration, passwords would be changed to dots.

To ensure correct operation, password display in configurations should be enabled using the "enable password-display" command on the device before using the device if you are planning to run the Edit/Deploy Configuration task.

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Custom Scripts and Diagnostics

Release Notes

Setting MOTD (Message of the Day)

The driver supports multi-line custom scripts for setting MOTD options on the Foundry device. However, these scripts fail when used with SSH. Be sure to select Telnet as the connection protocol when setting MOTD options.

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ICMP Test

Release Notes

Traceroute fails when used with SSH

Traceroute for some supported devices currently fails with SSH. The telnet protocol should be selected on the Edit Device page in the "Connection Method" field to ensure proper operation.

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General Access

Release Notes (inherited)

SSHv1 and SSHv2 Support

The Foundry drivers support both SSHv1 and SSHv2. However, some supported devices only support SSHv1 or SSHv2. The correct SSH version for the device should be selected on the Edit Device page in the "Connection Method" field to ensure proper operation.

Hostnames containing blank characters

The Foundry drivers do not support devices with hostnames that contain blank characters. The SNMP sysName field should not contain blanks to ensure correct operation.

Passwordless SSH Support

Some Foundry devices support usage of SSH without a password. The system does not support this behavior. Devices must be configured to use a password when connecting with SSH. Telnet usage without a password is supported.

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Retrieve Running Configuration

Release Notes

Configuration setting required for proper snapshots

You must include the command enable password display in the configuration of Foundry devices to ensure that snapshots and polling work correctly without generating errors.

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Software Center

Release Notes

Software upload may fail due to TFTP server timeout

An attempt to upload software to a Foundry device via TFTP may fail. During a TFTP transfer, the Foundry performs various memory cleanup operations that require additional processing time. The TFTP server times out if the server's timeout property value is set too low. The default value is 3000 milliseconds (3 seconds).

When this error occurs, the message Script - Failed appears in the task details. Although the task shows as failed, the software may bave been successfully uploaded. However, the reboot process fails. You can eliminate this problem by setting the value of the timeout property in the tftpd.properties file to a higher value.

To set the TFTP server timeout property:

  1. On the Windows server, go to C:\$NA_HOME\server\ext\tftp.
  2. Using a text editor, such as Notepad, open the tftpd.properties file.
  3. Edit the TFTP timeout property socketTimeout to a value between 5000 and 10000 (5 to 10 seconds).

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Syslog Triggering

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