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Write a switch driver for Cisco NXOS for ansible-switches #630

Closed hakasapl closed 2 months ago

hakasapl commented 4 months ago

In order to control Cisco switches in NERC from our existing MOCA infrastructure, we must write a Cisco NXOS driver. The driver can be tested on existing Cisco switches in the MOCA network as well as the new core switches, once they arrive.

hakasapl commented 4 months ago

I will figure out what is connected to the switch in R4-PA-C02 and move those connections to the dell switch in that rack if possible. Then I will make that cisco switch a test switch. We can't touch the one in R4-PA-C04 yet as it uplinks the NEU network.

hakasapl commented 4 months ago

This PR will move production stuff off of R4-PA-C02 cisco: https://github.com/CCI-MOC/ansible-switches/pull/57

hakasapl commented 3 months ago

I've written as much as possible without testing. This is now blocked on moving the cisco switches out of production which requires some coordination with NEU.

StHeck commented 3 months ago

Would something like this help?

Virtual NX-OS switch for network prototyping:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-9000v-switch/index.html

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286312239/type/282088129/release/7.0(3)I6(1)

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I've written as much as possible without testing. This is now blocked on moving the cisco switches out of production which requires some coordination with NEU.

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Would something like this help?

Virtual NX-OS switch for network prototyping:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-9000v-switch/index.html

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286312239/type/282088129/release/7.0(3)I6(1)

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I've written as much as possible without testing. This is now blocked on moving the cisco switches out of production which requires some coordination with NEU.

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joachimweyl commented 3 months ago

@hakasapl is this still blocked on moving the cisco switches out of production? I believe there were other switches @naved001 mentioned we could use last week.

hakasapl commented 3 months ago

No, not blocked on Cisco anymore. The next time I'm at MGHPCC I will move the switch @naved001 mentioned somewhere where I can work on it.

hakasapl commented 2 months ago

Some good progress on this. NXOS actually supports replacing configuration in-place without reloading which simplifies things a ton. So I have python code that converts the generic yaml configurations into nxos config format, and that will be passed directly to the switch. Last thing I need to implement is breakout configs and I should be able to merge the driver.

joachimweyl commented 2 months ago

@hakasapl can you provide an update, I think this is even further along now :)

hakasapl commented 2 months ago

Yes, I would classify this as "feature complete". So I'm just testing for a bit before I make the PR. I am still working through some bugs.

hakasapl commented 2 months ago

PR created for this driver: https://github.com/CCI-MOC/ansible-switches/pull/59