Examples

Reboot Router

For example, if the CPU utilization on a router stays consistently at 80%, the following plugin can be used to reboot a router. The files must be placed in the $TRAVERSE_HOME/plugins/actions directory.

plugin/actions/rebootRouter.xml

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>

<ActionScriptConfig>

<name>Reboot Router (via telnet)</name>

<rootScript>rebootRouter.pl</rootScript>

<parameters>${device_address}</parameters>

<addOutputToComment>false</addOutputToComment>

<waitForTerminate>true</waitForTerminate>

<timeout>60</timeout> <!-- seconds -->

</ActionScriptConfig>

plugin/actions/rebootRouter.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# DESCRIPTION:

# log in to a cisco router, switch to enable mode

# and reboot it

use Net::Telnet;

my $device_address = $ARGV[0];       # Passed from Traverse

my $login_user     = "username";     # SET THIS

my $login_pass     = "password";     # SET THIS

my $enable_pass    = "enable";       # SET THIS

my $socket = new Net::Telnet (%PARAM);

$socket->open(Host => $device_address, Port => 23);

$socket->login($login_user, $login_pass);

$socket->print("enable");

$socket->print($enable_pass);

$socket->print("reload in 2 automated Traverse action");

$socket->print("exit");

$socket->close;

Note: This script sample does not include error management. It only highlights the basic commands for logging in to and rebooting a Cisco router.