IOS Report (ios

The IOS Version Report Program provides a Cisco IOS version report for Cisco Routers. The script cycles through a list of routers and performs a ‘show version”. The relevant data is extracted from the show version command and saved to a report file. The data included in this report is:

Script Argument	Description
-rf <filename>	List of routers or IP Address to run script against (REQUIRED)
-of <filename>	Output File. File where version report will be written to. (REQUIRED)
-ual (1 or 2)	User Access Level. Tells the script what access-level (1st or 2nd) to log into the router before performing the show version command. By default the script will only go into 1st level access. (OPTIONAL)
-nokey	Don’t prompt user for encryption key when using encrypted password file. (OPTIONAL)
-ssh	Use Secure Shell when accessing routers. Do NOT use with -pw option. (OPTIONAL)
-pw <filename>	Login/Password File. (OPTIONAL)
-log <filename>	Save detailed trace file to a name other than the default file name. (OPTIONAL)
-ulog	Unique Log file. Save detailed trace log file to a Unique filename automatically created by script. Filename will be in format of scriptname_timestamp.log. (OPTIONAL)

Sample Command: The following command runs the ios_report program against the routers listed in the file rtrs.rt. The script will not prompt the user for passwords a password file is being used with the -pw option. The resulting report will be written to the file report.