14 | Smart Scripting
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Smart Scripting also offers solutions in a UNIX environment that are useful to cloud
administrators who are familiar with working directly in a UNIX shell. Script support
in a UNIX environment allows you to invoke standard UNIX utilities, such as netstat,
tcpdump, ls, chmod, chown, and so on.
Smart Scripting includes a convenient set of API function libraries to which script
developers can refer when they create PERL, Python, and UNIX scripts. A
representation of CLI functions to retrieve data from the FTOS operating system and
change configuration parameters on Dell Force10 switches is provided in the API
libraries. Script writers include API function calls made directly on the FTOS
command-line interface in their PERL, Python, and UNIX scripts.
For example, the API functions used in a script include setting up a telnet session,
gathering data on the switch, sending information to the CLI, and closing telnet
sessions. By using simple function calls, script writers do not have to include the
parsing code required for telnet sessions and retrieving configuration information.
Smart Scripting supports running a script either from the FTOS CLI or directly from
a UNIX shell.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Use Cases
• Downloading the Smart Scripting Package
• Installing Smart Scripting
• Limits on System Usage
• Supported UNIX Utilities
• Creating a User Name and Password for Smart Scripting
• Running a Script from the FTOS CLI
• Logging in to a NetBSD UNIX Shell
• Running a Script from the UNIX Shell
• Using the PERL API
• Using the Python API
• Using UNIX Shell Scripting
Use Cases
Smart Scripting allows you to automate common management and maintenance
tasks, such as:
• Building visibility and/or discovery programs.
• Creating custom logging.
• Reporting configuration information.
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