Using Perl To Manage My Brocade Switches

PerlCramps has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

This message is for all my Perl Monks; I am new to Perl and still wet behind the ears. But I do remember some things my parents taught me; why reinvent the wheel is someone else has already done it. I have a large Brocade switch environment crossing across multiple networks. Does any of my Monks scriptures have any scripts they would be willing to share with the new guy on the block? My workstation is Windows 7, 32 bit.

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Re: Using Perl To Manage My Brocade Switches by thomas895 (Deacon) on Jul 11, 2014 at 18:44 UTC
What is it you want to do with your switches? I'm sure somebody has some scripts relating to "Brocade Switches", but if they are of use to you is another question. Is there a specific problem you have, a task that needs automating, or something of the sort? If so, post what you have tried(with code, preferably), and where you are confused. See also How do I post a question effectively?, a search on CPAN relating to "brocade", a Super Search on this site for "Brocade" and always a a google search. ~Thomas~ "Excuse me for butting in, but I'm interrupt-driven..."	[reply]
Re^2: Using Perl To Manage My Brocade Switches by PerlCramps (Novice) on Jul 15, 2014 at 11:18 UTC
Thank you for just getting to the point. What I would like to be able to do is use Perl to read switch command from a text file and also return the output to another text file.	[reply]
Re^3: Using Perl To Manage My Brocade Switches by thomas895 (Deacon) on Jul 15, 2014 at 20:19 UTC
With some research I did for you, I was able to deduce that one connects to a Brocade Switch using SSH. There is much information on ways to do this, especially on for example the Net::SSH(2) documentation, and a Super Search here for Net::SSH(2). Use whichever works best for you. ~Thomas~ "Excuse me for butting in, but I'm interrupt-driven..."	[reply]