Introduction (Version 5.3.0)

The Automater is a program which is comprised of a series of individual Scripts which automate many common tasks performed on Cisco Networking Equipment.  These scripts provide engineers with a simple yet extremely powerful set of tools to perform their everyday tasks.  A simple task such as clearing the counters on all the routers in a network can take hours or days depending on the size of the network.  The Automater can do this in minutes. 

Each of the Scripts included with the Automater was created from the "mind-set" of Engineers working on real networks or test-beds.  It's not that you can't perform these tasks without the Automater, it just allows you to perform these tasks a 1000 times faster and more thoroughly than doing it manually. 

Individual scripts can be run from the command line (i.e. UNIX shell prompt) or using the Net-Sense Automater GUI. In addition, multiple scripts can be combined into a Linux shell script or Windows batch file to run multiple scripts in succession.

 
The scripts work by telneting (or Secure Shell) to the device and issuing CLI based commands.  Depending on the script, the commands issued are either pre-defined or user defined.

The following Cisco devices are supported:

The Automater also contains a generic script that will work on any type of device that has telnet/ssh connectivity and a CLI interface.  Examples include: