#4714 [fvt]2.10:xdsh --devicetype EthSwitch:: using ssh protocol could not work

[junxiaw]

1.download the latest build
2.root@c910f02c01p13 ~]# tabdump switches

switch,snmpversion,username,password,privacy,auth,linkports,sshusername,sshpassword,protocol,switchtype,comments,disable

"switch_10_4_25_1",,,,,,,"admin","passw0rd","ssh","Jun",,
"switch_10_5_25_1",,,,,,,"admin",,"telnet","Cisco",,
[root@c910f02c01p13 ~]#

[root@c910f02c01p13 ~]# lsdef switch_10_4_25_1
Object name: switch_10_4_25_1
groups=switch
ip=10.4.25.1
mgt=switch
nodetype=switch
password=passw0rd
postbootscripts=otherpkgs
postscripts=syslog,remoteshell,syncfiles
protocol=ssh
switchtype=Jun
username=admin

then:
[root@c910f02c01p13 ~]# xdsh switch_10_4_25_1 --devicetype EthSwitch::Jun "show vlan"
switch_10_4_25_1: start SSH session...
switch_10_4_25_1:
switch_10_4_25_1: ?
switch_10_4_25_1:
switch_10_4_25_1: {master:0}
switch_10_4_25_1: set cli screen-length 0
switch_10_4_25_1: Screen length set to 0
switch_10_4_25_1:
switch_10_4_25_1: {master:0}
[root@c910f02c01p13 ~]#
---------------->could not work using ssh

[Ling]

telnet works.
ssh does not work for Juniper switch. I have debugged it, the waitfor function in RShellAPI does not give expected result. Use get function many times will get the result.
There is a Mellanox switch that has ssh connection without password. The code works.

[Ling]

We need to do more testing on all kinds of switches (BNT, Cisco, Mellanox, Juniper) for ssh to figure out if this is a common problem or not. We need to setup username and password for ssh for the switches.

[Ling]

The only switch that we have tested was 10.4.25.1. It is down. A note has sent out to the lab asking to bring it up.

[Ling]

Fixed by adding a post_command in the config file.
Checked in revision 74a822071d20c51685991e99aebf13e39fbfb6b3 for xCAT 2.10