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GNS3 Nexus v9 Boot Problems

I have 9000v in my GNS3 lab. These devices do no like to boot up when reloaded. They sit in a boot loader menu as no autoboot is found. As it’s only a lab this is ok. Just need to direct the switch to boot the correct image, which then boots the switch perfectly fine.

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Netmiko TextFSM

I have used TextFSM in my Netmiko TACACS script in order to parse the show version and show inventory outputs to determine the type of Cisco OS the device is. The templates maybe found https://github.com/networktocode/ntc-templates/tree/master/ntc_templates/templatesThey were already installed when I installed Netmiko Using TextFSM is very simple. Netmiko takes in one extra parameter to use

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Configuring TACACS

This is showing how TACACS in a GNS3 lab can work. It is part of the Netmiko TACACS Project. Let’s get to it… R2 will have TACACS config applied to the OLD_TACACS server. SSH login will come from the Centos Automation server R2 TACACS Config TACACS Server (OLD_TACACS) For the TACACS server I am using

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