CCS

Intro

NetMRI is the world's leading multivendor network automation solution. It provides Infoblox Switch Port Manager and Automation Change Manager which gives you the ability to perform change and configuration management as well as compliance enforcement.

What is CCS

CCS is a proprietary scripting language for executing sequences of command-line interface (CLI) commands on NetMRI supported network devices. This allows you to perform the automation of configuration tasks. If you know Cisco IOS, writing CCS scripts is very straightforward. This post presumes some prior knowledge of Cisco IOS or any other CLI interface for devices such as Extreme, Juniper or other vendors supported by NetMRI. Some previous structured programming knowledge will also be helpful.

While CCS is not as powerful or flexible as Perl, the learning curve is not as steep. CCS allows you to quickly develop useful jobs that can run across hundreds of devices in the managed network.

Why Use Scripting?

Scripts:

- Automate changes to an infrastructure devices

- Ensure consistent changes

- Can be scheduled to run at specific times

- Can be triggered to respond to specific events

- Scripting reduces the risk of errors being made during execution

- No fat fingering

- No instant mistakes