RANCID Tool Keeps Config Files Clean

摘要

There's nothing rotten about RANCID, or Really Awesome New Cisco conflg Differ, a Linux and Unix freeware tool for configuration management. Able to handle devices from a variety of router and switch vendors, it's easy to use once you get the hang of it. RANCID automatically downloads configurations from your network devices and compares them with previously gathered data so you can monitor changes, problems and software updates. Once the tool compares the latest configuration data from your switches and routers with the data stored in your config database, it shoots you an e-mail message noting any changes. It also can send config files to a router or switch.