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Using Telnet Macros
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Using Telnet Macros
Using the EPICenter Telnet feature you can create and run Telnet macros on Extreme devices. The
macro feature supports the use of both contest-sensitive predefined variables and user-defined variables
in a macro. Saved macros can also be enabled to appear in the
Tools menu or the right-click pop-up
menus in many of the other EPICenter features, so they can be run on the device, device group or port
selected within another feature without having to first go to the Telnet feature.
NOTE
CLI commands that repeatedly refresh their output cannot be used in a macro. They will fail with a time-out error.
Examples of such commands are the
show lldp commands on ExtremeWare devices, or the show ports utilization or
the show ports configuration commands (ExtremeWare and ExtremeXOS).
You can create Telnet macros in two ways:
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Under the Macro Player tab, you can select devices in the Telnet Connections list, create a macro to
be run on those devices, and then play the macro on those devices, having it repeat at a specified
interval, if appropriate. You can also load and run saved macros. If you want to save a macro you
created under this tab, you can select the Macro Editor tab— your macro will appear in the
command buffer where you can save it.
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Under the Macro Editor tab, you can create a macro independent of any specific devices, and save it
along with an execution context (device, device group or port) and execution roles. You can also
create user-defined variables under this tab, and use them in your macro. You cannot play a macro
from this interface, but you can save the macro and load it into the Macro Player interface at a later
time, or you can select the Macro Player tab—your macro will appear in the command buffer in the
Player interface, where you run it on a set of selected devices. Saved macros can also be run from
other areas of EPICenter, accessed through the EPICenter Tools menu or through right-click pop-up
menus available in a number of EPICenter applets.
Built-in Telnet Macros
EPICenter provides several Telnet macros that can be loaded into the Macro Player or Macro Editor.
These are:
Macro Name Description
Disable LLDP Disables LLDP on a user-specified port (runs the
disable lldp port
command). Can
be run by an administrator from the right-click pop-up menu when a port is selected in
the Component Tree.
Disable Port Disables a user-specified port (runs the
disable port
command). Can be run by an
administrator from the right-click pop-up menu when a port is selected in the
Component Tree.
Enable LLDP Enables LLDP on a user-specified port (runs the
enable lldp port
command. Can be
run by an administrator from the right-click pop-up menu when a port is selected in the
Component Tree.
Enable Port Enables a user-specified port (runs the
enable port
command). Can be run by an
administrator from the right-click pop-up menu when a port is selected in the
Component Tree.