Changelog

Version 0.4.3 (Jan 20 2011)

• New device support.

  • Alcatel OmniSwitch (tested on 6855): omniswitch
  • Nortel ESR: nortel_esr
  • Nortel ESU: nortel_esu
  • Nortel/Bay BaySwitch: nortel_bay

• Harmonise API for telnet, expect+Paramiko transports.

Version 0.4 (Jul 22 2010)

• New device support.

  • Arbor TMS/CP: arbor
  • Juniper Netscreen: netscreen

• Provide apache2 mod_wsgi configuration file example

  • mod_wsgi deployment is recommended and well tested.

• command() responses are always base64 encoded by the Agent.

• get_config() implemented for Paramiko devices (e.g., junos).

• download_file implemented for Adva FSP and Paramiko devices.

Version 0.3 (May 27 2010)

• New device support.

  • Alcatel 7750/7450/7210/7705 (TimOS): timetra
  • Movaz/Adva FSP: adva_fsp
  • DASAN/Siemens PON/ONU (running NOS): nos
  • BATM/Telco/Temarc switches (running BiNOS): telco

• New abstract transport for building device modules based on SSHv2 and either exec-sessions or expect’ed login-sessions.

• Devices can support multiple connection methods.

• Devices will retry in cases like EOF errors.

• New devices_info API method, similar to devices_matching, that returns device metadata.

• Support SSHv2 servers on IOS and Alcatel/Timetra devices.

• Credential records can set the connection method and auto-enable property.

Version 0.2 (April 3 2010)

• Initial Cisco IOS device support (telnet only).
• Connection (client) class can kill_all() outstanding requests.
• Client can now query Agent’s device inventory (via new devices_matching API method) using a regular expression.
• Agent error reporting improved.
• Device modules now live in the notch/agent/devices/ directory.
• Devices are disconnected when idle (after Device.TIMEOUT_IDLE).
• Mr. CLI updated significantly and split off into separate package, see http://code.google.com/p/mr-cli

Version 0.1 (March 25 2010; initial release)

• Initial release.
• JunOS device support (via SSH2 only).