Re: [netdisco-devel] [snmp-info] Patches to split off older Procurve switches from HP class

[Max B. <ma...@wa...>]

Hi Jeroen,

Thanks for the patch, this looks like a great thing to do with the HP 
Class, nice work!

I'm cross-posting this to netdisco-devel in case there are other 
HP-based sites that would like to test this out for us.

Happy Turkey Day,
-m

j.v...@ut... wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Finally I found some time to work on the HP device class, which I'd been
> planning to do for months. 
>
> There's a clear distinction between MIB support and functionality on
> older and more recent HP Procurve switches. I created a separate class
> for the older models (1600, 2400, 2424M, 4000 and 8000) named HP4000. I
> think this makes it easier to maintain HP device support. Also, we can
> add more features (eg better MST/RSTP support) for the more recent
> switches without the risk of breaking stuff for the old models.
>
> The patches and new SNMP::Info::Layer2::HP4000 class are available on
> SourceForge:
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=70362&atid=527529.
>
>
> Patches have been tested against the following models/firmwares:
> 2500: F.05.70
> 4000/8000: C.09.28
> 2600: H.10.74
> 2610: R.11.25, R.11.30
> 2800: I.10.70
> 5300: E.11.10
> 5400: K.13.61, K.13.63m, K.14.41
>
> I'm re-implementing VLAN change support in the HP classes now, will put
> updates on SF when ready and done testing. I'm also planning to test
> against a couple of ancient software versions, just to be on the safe
> side.
>
> Is anyone willing to test these patches? I'm hoping they can be included
> in CVS after others have validated and tested them.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeroen van Ingen
> ICT Service Centre
> University of Twente, P.O.Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
>