The networking_generic_switch.devices.utils Module

networking_generic_switch.devices.utils.get_switch_device(switches, switch_info=None, ngs_mac_address=None)

Return switch device by specified identifier.

Returns switch device from switches array that matched with any of passed identifiers. ngs_mac_address takes precedence over switch_info, if didn’t match any address based on mac fallback to switch_info.

Parameters
  • switch_info – hostname of the switch or any other switch identifier.

  • ngs_mac_address – Normalized mac address of the switch.

Returns

switch device matches by specified identifier or None.

networking_generic_switch.devices.utils.sanitise_config(config)

Return a sanitised configuration of a switch device.

Parameters

config – a configuration dict to sanitise.

Returns

a copy of the configuration, with sensitive fields removed.