README v4.4.3 2025-07-18

1. General
   1.1 Extract the NED package
   1.2 Install the NED package
       1.2.1 Local install
       1.2.2 System install
   1.3 Configure the NED in NSO
2. Optional debug and trace setup
3. Dependencies
4. Sample device configuration
5. Built in live-status actions
6. Built in live-status show
7. Limitations
8. How to report NED issues and feature requests
9. How to rebuild a NED
10. Configure the NED to use ssh multi factor authentication
11. How to avoid out-of-sync
12. Show partial

1. General

This document describes the zte-xpon NED.

Additional README files bundled with this NED package

+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Name                      | Info                                                                         |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| README-ned-settings.md    | Information about all run time settings supported by this NED.               |
+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Common NED Features

+---------------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Feature                   | Supported | Info                                                             |
+---------------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| netsim                    | yes       | additional info                                                  |
|                           |           |                                                                  |
| check-sync                | yes       | additional info                                                  |
|                           |           |                                                                  |
| partial-sync-from         | yes       | additional info                                                  |
|                           |           |                                                                  |
| live-status actions       | yes       | The ned supports all device commands                             |
|                           |           |                                                                  |
| live-status show          | yes       | The ned supports several dedicated show commands                 |
|                           |           |                                                                  |
| load-native-config        | no        | additional info                                                  |
+---------------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Custom NED Features

+---------------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Feature                   | Supported | Info                                                             |
+---------------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| proxy                     | yes       | The NED supports up to 2 jumps                                   |
+---------------------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Verified target systems

+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Model                     | Version         | OS     | Info                                              |
+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| C300                      |                 | ZXAN   |                                                   |
|                           |                 |        |                                                   |
| C320                      | 2.6.02A.21      | ZXAN   |                                                   |
|                           |                 |        |                                                   |
| C600                      |                 | ZXAN   |                                                   |
|                           |                 |        |                                                   |
| C610                      |                 | ZXAN   |                                                   |
|                           |                 |        |                                                   |
| ZXR10_5128E-FI 5900       | V3.01.10.B23.P0 | ZXR10  |                                                   |
|                           | 1               |        |                                                   |
|                           |                 |        |                                                   |
| ZXR10_5128E-FI            | V2.8.23.C.16.P1 | ZXR10  |                                                   |
| 5900E&5100E               | 8               |        |                                                   |
|                           |                 |        |                                                   |
| ZXR10 5960-32DL           | V5.00.00R2      | ZXR10  |                                                   |
+---------------------------+-----------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------+

1.1 Extract the NED package

It is assumed the NED package ncs-<NSO version>-zte-xpon-<NED version>.signed.bin has already been downloaded from software.cisco.com.

In this instruction the following example settings will be used:

NSO version: 6.0
NED version: 1.0.1
NED package downloaded to: /tmp/ned-package-store

Extract the NED package and verify its signature:

> cd /tmp/ned-package-store
> chmod u+x ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.1.signed.bin
> ./ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.1.signed.bin

In case the signature can not be verified (for instance if no internet connection), do as below instead:
```
> ./ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.1.signed.bin --skip-verification
```
The result of the extraction shall be a tar.gz file with the same name as the .bin file:
```
> ls *.tar.gz
ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.1.tar.gz
```

1.2 Install the NED package

There are two alternative ways to install this NED package. Which one to use depends on how NSO itself is setup.

In the instructions below the following example settings will be used:

NSO version: 6.0
NED version: 1.0.1
NED download directory: /tmp/ned-package-store
NSO run time directory: ~/nso-lab-rundir

A prerequisite is to set the environment variable NSO_RUNDIR to point at the NSO run time directory:

> export NSO_RUNDIR=~/nso-lab-rundir

1.2.1 Local install

This section describes how to install a NED package on a locally installed NSO (see "NSO Local Install" in the NSO Installation guide).

It is assumed the NED package has been been unpacked to a tar.gz file as described in 1.1.

Untar the tar.gz file. This creates a new sub-directory named:zte-xpon-<NED major digit>.<NED minor digit>:
```
> tar xfz ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.1.tar.gz
> ls -d */
zte-xpon-cli-1.0
```

Install the NED into NSO, using the ncs-setup tool:

> ncs-setup --package zte-xpon-cli-1.0 --dest $NSO_RUNDIR

Open a NSO CLI session and load the new NED package like below:

> ncs_cli -C -u admin
admin@ncs# packages reload
reload-result {
    package zte-xpon-cli-1.0
    result true
}

Alternatively the tar.gz file can be installed directly into NSO. Then skip steps 1 and 2 and do like below instead:

  > ncs-setup --package ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.1.tar.gz --dest $NSO_RUNDIR
  > ncs_cli -C -u admin
  admin@ncs# packages reload
  reload-result {
    package zte-xpon-cli-1.0
    result true
 }

Set the environment variable NED_ROOT_DIR to point at the NSO NED package:

> export NED_ROOT_DIR=$NSO_RUNDIR/packages/zte-xpon-cli-1.0

1.2.2 System install

This section describes how to install a NED package on a system installed NSO (see "NSO System Install" in the NSO Installation Guide).

It is assumed the NED package has been been unpacked to a tar.gz file as described in 1.1.

Do a NSO backup before installing the new NED package:
```
> $NCS_DIR/bin/ncs-backup
```

Start a NSO CLI session and fetch the NED package:

> ncs_cli -C -u admin
admin@ncs# software packages fetch package-from-file \
          /tmp/ned-package-store/ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.tar.gz
admin@ncs# software packages list
package {
 name ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.tar.gz
 installable
}

Install the NED package (add the argument replace-existing if a previous version has been loaded):

admin@ncs# software packages install zte-xpon-1.0
admin@ncs# software packages list
package {
 name ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-1.0.tar.gz
 installed
}

Load the NED package

admin@ncs# packages reload
admin@ncs# software packages list
package {
  name ncs-6.0-zte-xpon-cli-1.0
  loaded
}

1.3 Configure the NED in NSO

This section describes the steps for configuring a device instance using the newly installed NED package.

Start a NSO CLI session:
```
> ncs_cli -C -u admin
```

Enter configuration mode:

admin@ncs# configure
Entering configuration mode terminal
admin@ncs(config)#

Configure a new authentication group (my-group) to be used for this device:

admin@ncs(config)# devices authgroup group my-group default-map remote-name <user name on device> \
                   remote-password <password on device>

Configure a new device instance (example: dev-1):

admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 address <ip address to device>
admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 port <port on device>
admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 device-type cli ned-id zte-xpon-cli-1.0
admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 state admin-state unlocked
admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 authgroup my-group

admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 protocol <ssh or telnet>

If configured protocol is ssh, do fetch the host keys now:
```
admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 ssh fetch-host-keys
```

For TELNET connection, the echo must be enabled (disabled by default):

     # ned-settings zte-xpon connection terminal server-echo true

When connecting through a proxy using SSH or TELNET
Do as follows to setup to connect to a xpon device that resides behind a proxy or terminal server:
+-----+ A +-------+ B +-----+ | NSO | <--> | proxy | <--> | xpon | +-----+ +-------+ +-----+
Setup connection (A):
devices device address
devices device port
devices device device-type cli protocol <proxy proto - telnet or ssh>
devices authgroups group ciscogroup umap admin remote-name
devices authgroups group ciscogroup umap admin remote-password
devices device authgroup ciscogroup
Setup connection (B):
Define the type of connection to the device:
devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-connection <ssh|telnet>
Define login credentials for the device:
devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-name
devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-password
Define prompt on proxy server:
devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy proxy-prompt
Define address and port of xpon device:
devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-address
devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-port
commit
Complete example config:
devices authgroups group jump-server default-map remote-name MYUSERNAME remote-password MYPASSWORD devices device ne40-via-1234 address 1.2.3.4 port 22 devices device ne40-via-1234 authgroup jump-server device-type cli ned-id zte-xpon protocol ssh devices device ne40-via-1234 connect-timeout 60 read-timeout 120 write-timeout 120 devices device ne40-via-1234 state admin-state unlocked devices device ne40-via-1234 ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-connection telnet devices device ne40-via-1234 ned-settings zte-xpon proxy proxy-prompt ".*#" devices device ne40-via-1234 ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-address 5.6.7.8 devices device ne40-via-1234 ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-port 23 devices device ne40-via-1234 ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-name admin devices device ne40-via-1234 ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-password admin987
Finally commit the configuration
```
admin@ncs(config)# commit
```

Verify configuration, using a sync-from.

admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 sync-from
result true

If the sync-from was not successful, check the NED configuration again.

2. Optional debug and trace setup

It is often desirable to see details from when and how the NED interacts with the device(Example: troubleshooting)

This can be achieved by configuring NSO to generate a trace file for the NED. A trace file contains information about all interactions with the device. Messages sent and received as well as debug printouts, depending on the log level configured.

NSO creates one separate trace file for each device instance with tracing enabled. Stored in the following location:

$NSO_RUNDIR/logs/ned-zte-xpon-cli-1.0-<device name>.trace

Do as follows to enable tracing in one specific device instance in NSO:

Start a NSO CLI session:
```
> ncs_cli -C -u admin
```

Enter configuration mode:

admin@ncs# configure
Entering configuration mode terminal
admin@ncs(config)#

Enable trace raw:

admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 trace raw
admin@ncs(config)# commit

Alternatively, tracing can be enabled globally affecting all configured device instances:

admin@ncs(config)# devices global-settings trace raw
admin@ncs(config)# commit

Configure the log level for printouts to the trace file:

admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 ned-settings zte-xpon logger \
                  level [debug | verbose | info | error]
admin@ncs(config)# commit

Alternatively the log level can be set globally affecting all configured device instances using this NED package.

admin@ncs(config)# devices device global-settings ned-settings zte-xpon logger \
                  level [debug | verbose | info | error]
admin@ncs(config)# commit

The log level 'info' is used by default and the 'debug' level is the most verbose.

IMPORTANT: Tracing shall be used with caution. This feature does increase the number of IPC messages sent between the NED and NSO. In some cases this can affect the performance in NSO. Hence, tracing should normally be disabled in production systems.

An alternative method for generating printouts from the NED is to enable the Java logging mechanism. This makes the NED print log messages to common NSO Java log file.

$NSO_RUNDIR/logs/ncs-java-vm.log

Do as follows to enable Java logging in the NED

Start a NSO CLI session:
```
> ncs_cli -C -u admin
```

Enter configuration mode:

admin@ncs# configure
Entering configuration mode terminal
admin@ncs(config)#

Enable Java logging with level all from the NED package:

admin@ncs(config)# java-vm java-logging logger com.tailf.packages.ned.xpon \
                  level level-all
admin@ncs(config)# commit

Configure the NED to log to the Java logger

admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 ned-settings zte-xpon logger java true
admin@ncs(config)# commit

Alternatively Java logging can be enabled globally affecting all configured device instances using this NED package.

admin@ncs(config)# devices global-settings ned-settings zte-xpon logger java true
admin@ncs(config)# commit

IMPORTANT: Java logging does not use any IPC messages sent to NSO. Consequently, NSO performance is not affected. However, all log printouts from all log enabled devices are saved in one single file. This means that the usability is limited. Typically single device use cases etc.

3. Dependencies

This NED has the following host environment dependencies:

Java 1.8 (NSO version < 6.2)
Java 17 (NSO version >= 6.2)
Gnu Sed

Dependencies for NED recompile:

Apache Ant
Bash
Gnu Sort
Gnu awk
Grep
Python3 (with packages: re, sys, getopt, subprocess, argparse, os, glob)

4. Sample device configuration

#devices device zteC320 config

     interface gpon-olt_1/2/15
      onu 1 type ZTE-F601 pw AAA0000010
    exit
    interface gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
       dba mode sr
       tcont 1 profile TC_type3_500M_25M
       tcont 2 profile TC_type1_512k
       gemport 1 tcont 1 queue 1
       gemport 2 tcont 2 queue 2
       sn-bind enable sn
    exit
    pon-onu-mng gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
    service cos1 gemport 1 cos 1 vlan 935
    service cos5 gemport 2 cos 5 vlan 837
    vlan port eth_0/1 mode trunk
    vlan port eth_0/1 vlan 935,837
    vlan port eth_0/1 translate vlan 935 svlan 935 svlan-pri 1
    vlan port eth_0/1 translate vlan 837 svlan 837 svlan-pri 5
    exit

See what you are about to commit:

   # commit dry-run outformat native
native {
    device {
        name zteC320
        data interface gpon-olt_1/2/15
             onu 1 type ZTE-F601 pw AAA0000010
             exit
             !
             interface gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
             sn-bind enable sn
             tcont 1 profile TC_type3_500M_25M
             gemport 1 tcont 1 queue 1
             tcont 2 profile TC_type1_512k
             gemport 2 tcont 2 queue 2
             dba mode sr
             exit
             !
             pon-onu-mng gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
             service cos1 gemport 1 cos 1 vlan 935
             service cos5 gemport 2 cos 5 vlan 837
             vlan port eth_0/1 mode trunk
             vlan port eth_0/1 vlan 837,935
             vlan port eth_0/1 translate vlan 837 svlan 837 svlan-pri 5
             vlan port eth_0/1 translate vlan 935 svlan 935 svlan-pri 1
             exit
             !
    }
}

Commit new configuration in a transaction:

   # commit
   Commit complete.

Verify that NSO is in-sync with the device:

    # devices device ztedev check-sync
    result in-sync

Compare configuration between device and NSO:

   # devices device ztedev compare-config
   #

Note: if no diff is shown, supported config is the same in NSO as on the device

5. Built in live-status actions

There are 2 kinds of operational commands that can be sent to the device: 1. ANY command(s) 2. Dedicated live-status commands

ANY command(s)
--------------

 The NED  has support for all operational ZTE xpon commands
 by use of the 'devices device live-status EXEC any' rpc.
 The output of the command(s) is returned in a single yang leaf of type string, called 'result'.

 For example:

  admin@ncs(config-device-zte-1)# live-status EXEC any "show running-config interface xgei_1/4/2"

result show running-config interface xgei_1/4/2 Building configuration... interface xgei_1/4/2 phy-attribute lan shutdown hybrid-attribute fiber no negotiation auto speed 1000 duplex full flowcontrol disable linktrap enable als disable switchport mode trunk switchport vlan 1,124 tag port-protect disable uplink-isolate disable ! end ZXAN# admin@ncs(config-device-zte-1)#

 To execute multiple commands, separate them with " ; "
 NOTE: Must be a white space on either side of the comma.
 For example:

admin@ncs(config-device-zte-1)# live-status EXEC any "show system-group ; terminal length 0"

result show system-group System Description: C320 Version V2.0.1P2 Software, Copyright (c) by ZTE Corpora tion Compiled System ObjectId: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3902.1082.1001.320.2 Started before: 437 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes Contact with: [email protected] System name: ZXAN Location: SJC16/1 This system primarily offers a set of 78 services ZXAN#terminal length 0 ZXAN#

 Generally the command output parsing halts when the NED detects
 an operational or config prompt, however sometimes the command
 requests additional input, 'answer(s)' to questions.

 ned-settings zte-xpon console extension

   Using these settings it is possible to define a separate way of
   interacting with the device, ignoring the default behavior of the ned.

   Example ned-settings:

   devices device zte-1
     ned-settings zte-xpon console extension
       command CMD-ELABEL "show something"
       command CMD-ELABEL-ACCEPT "Y"
       pattern PAT-ELABEL-ACCEPT "Warning: .+ Continue\? \[Y/N\]:"
       action ACT-ELABEL
         init CMD-ELABEL
         flush true
         state PAT-ELABEL-ACCEPT sendCommand CMD-ELABEL-ACCEPT next ACT-ELABEL
         state PAT-OPER-PMT next DONE
       !
     !
   !

 Example executions:

   devices device zte-1 live-status exec any ACT-ELABEL

Example with multiple custom extensions:
   devices device zte-1 live-status exec any "SEND-FTP ftp -a 1.2.3.4 5.6.7.8 ; SEND-FTP get my.file"


Dedicated commands
------------------

SHOW
----

For show commands there is a dedicated command: "show", that is executing device show commands,
similar with ANY commands, but faster, due to the simplified behavior of the commands: no user
interaction is expected, hence, the code is simpler.
Note that for show command that do require some prompt matching or user interaction, ANY command
show be used.

This command can also execute multiple show commands in one line, also " ; " separated, with the 
difference that the "show" keyword must not be present in the subsequent commands (after " ; ",
only show command argument must be present), as the NED will automatically add the keyword:

admin@ncs(config-device-zte-1)# live-status EXEC show "gpon remote-onu interface pon gpon-onu_1/1/2:1 ; gpon remote-onu interface pon gpon-onu_1/1/2:1 ; system-group" result Interface: pon_0/1 GEM blocklen: 48 (bytes) SF threshold: 5 SD threshold: 9 Alarm: enable Alarm disable interval: 0 Total T-CONT number: 8 Piggyback DBA rpt mode: not support Whole ONU DBA rpt mode: N/A Rx optical level: N/A Lower rx optical threshold: ont internal policy Upper rx optical threshold: ont internal policy Tx optical level: N/A Lower tx optical threshold: ont internal policy Upper tx optical threshold: ont internal policy ONU response time: 0(ns) Power feed voltage: 0.00(V) Laser bias current: 0.000(mA) Temperature: 0.000(C)

Interface: pon_0/1 GEM blocklen: 48 (bytes) SF threshold: 5 SD threshold: 9 Alarm: enable Alarm disable interval: 0 Total T-CONT number: 8 Piggyback DBA rpt mode: not support Whole ONU DBA rpt mode: N/A Rx optical level: N/A Lower rx optical threshold: ont internal policy Upper rx optical threshold: ont internal policy Tx optical level: N/A Lower tx optical threshold: ont internal policy Upper tx optical threshold: ont internal policy ONU response time: 0(ns) Power feed voltage: 0.00(V) Laser bias current: 0.000(mA) Temperature: 0.000(C)

System Description: C320 Version V2.0.1P2 Software, Copyright (c) by ZTE Corpora tion Compiled System ObjectId: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3902.1082.1001.320.2 Started before: 355 days, 11 hours, 1 minutes Contact with: [email protected] System name: nedtest Location: SJC16/1 This system primarily offers a set of 78 services

admin@ncs(config-device-zte-1)#

6. Built in live-status show

The Ned supports several dedicated live-status commands that usually run "show ****" commands and return the result, not in a single leaf as in ANY case, but in dedicated yang elements that are living in the cache during the TTL time that is set via the /ned-settings/live-status time-to-live . The Ned uses a TextFSM parser to get all the elements into displayed by the command into their yang elements.

These are similar with NSO operational data and can be run either from the Exec mode of NSO:

admin@ncs# show devices device zte14 live-status interface gei-0/1/1/5
...

or from under config mode using "do" as prefix:

admin@ncs# config                                                     
Entering configuration mode terminal
admin@ncs(config)# do show devices device zte14 live-status interface gei-0/1/1/5
...

7.2.1 "show interface"
--------------------------
This command is currently implemented using the "show interface <interface name>" output from the devices:
5900 Version: V3.01.10.B23.P01,
5900E&5100E Version: V2.8.23.C.16.P18.

The textfsm parser is specifically tailored to the above devices "show interface gei****" command output

Note that other devices or interfaces might also work, if the command structure is the same and the output
matches the above devices.

7. Limitations

NONE

8. How to report NED issues and feature requests

Issues like bugs and errors shall always be reported to the Cisco NSO NED team through the Cisco Support channel:

The following information is required for the Cisco NSO NED team to be able to investigate an issue:

- A detailed recipe with steps to reproduce the issue.
- A raw trace file generated when the issue is reproduced.
- SSH/TELNET access to a device where the issue can be reproduced by the Cisco NSO NED team.
  This typically means both read and write permissions are required.
  Pseudo access via tools like Webex, Zoom etc is not acceptable.
  However, it is ok with device access through VPNs, jump servers etc though.

Do as follows to gather the necessary information needed for your device, here named 'dev-1':

Enable full debug logging in the NED

ncs_cli -C -u admin
admin@ncs# configure
admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 ned-settings zte-xpon logging level debug
admin@ncs(config)# commit

Configure the NSO to generate a raw trace file from the NED

admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 trace raw
admin@ncs(config)# commit

If the NED already had trace enabled, clear it in order to submit only relevant information
Do as follows for NSO 6.4 or newer:
```
admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 clear-trace
```
Do as follows for older NSO versions:
```
admin@ncs(config)# devices clear-trace
```
Run a compare-config to populate the trace with initial device config
```
admin@ncs(config)# devices device dev-1 compare-config
```
Reproduce the found issue using ncs_cli or your NSO service. Write down each necessary step in a reproduction report.
In addition to this, it helps if you can show how it should work by manually logging into the device using SSH/TELNET and type the relevant commands showing a successful operation.
Gather the reproduction report and a copy of the raw trace file containing data recorded when the issue happened.
Contact the Cisco support and request to open a case. Provide the gathered files together with access details for a device that can be used by the Cisco NSO NED when investigating the issue.

Requests for new features and extensions of the NED are handled by the Cisco NSO NED team when applicable. Such requests shall also go through the Cisco support channel.

The following information is required for feature requests and extensions:

Set the config on the real device including all existing dependent config and run sync-from to show it in the trace.
Run sync-from # devices device dev-1 sync-from
Attach the raw trace to the ticket
List the config you want implemented in the same syntax as shown on the device
SSH/TELNET access to a device that can be used by the Cisco NSO NED team for testing and verification of the new feature. This usually means that both read and write permissions are required. Pseudo access via tools like Webex, Zoom etc is not acceptable. However, it is ok with access through VPNs, jump servers etc as long as we can connect to the NED via SSH/TELNET.

9. How to rebuild a NED

To rebuild the NED do as follows:

> cd $NED_ROOT_DIR/src
> make clean all

When the NED has been successfully rebuilt, it is necessary to reload the package into NSO.

admin@ncs# packages reload

10. Configure the NED to use ssh multi factor authentication

This NED supports multi factor authentication (MFA) using the ssh authentication method 'keyboard-interactive'.

Some additional steps are required to enable the MFA support:

Verify that your NSO version supports MFA. This is configurable as additional settings in the authentication group used by the device instance.

Enter a NSO CLI and enter the following and do tab completion:

> ncs_cli -C -u admin
admin@ncs# show running-config devices authgroups group default default-map <tab>
Possible completions:
action-name                 The action to call when a notification is received.
callback-node               Invoke a standalone action to retrieve login credentials for managed devices on the 'callback-node' instance.
mfa                         Settings for handling multi-factor authentication towards the device
public-key                  Use public-key authentication
remote-name                 Specify device user name
remote-password             Specify the remote password
remote-secondary-password   Second password for configuration
same-pass                   Use the local NCS password as the remote password
same-secondary-password     Use the local NCS password as the remote secondary password
same-user                   Use the local NCS user name as the remote user name

If 'mfa' is displayed in the output like above, NSO has MFA support enabled. In case MFA is not supported it is necessary to upgrade NSO before proceeding.

Implement the authenticator executable. The MFA feature relies on an external executable to take care of the client part of the multi factor authentication. The NED will automatically call this executable for each challenge presented by the ssh server and expects to get a proper response in return.

The executable can be a simple shell script or a program implemented in any programming language.

The required behaviour is like this:

read one line from stdin The line passed from the NED will be a semi colon separated string containing the following info:
```
[<device name>;<user>;<password>;<opaque>;<ssh server name>;<ssh server instruction>;<ssh server prompt>;]
```
The elements for device name, user, password and opaque corresponds to what has been configured in NSO. The ssh server name, instruction and prompt are given by the ssh server during the authentication step.
Each individual element in the semi colon separated list is Base64 encoded.
Extract the challenge based on the contents above.
Print a response matching the challenge to stdout and exit with code 0
In case a matching response can not be given do exit with code 2

Below is a simple example of an MFA authenticator implemented in Python3:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
import base64

# This is an example on how to implement an external multi factor authentication handler
# that will be called by the NED upon a ssh 'keyboard-interactive' authentication
# The handler is reading a line from stdin with the following expected format:
#   [<device name>;<user>;<password>;<opaque>;<ssh server name>;<ssh server instruction>;<ssh server prompt>;]
# All elements are base64 encoded.

def decode(arg):
    return str(base64.b64decode(arg))[2:-1]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    query_challenges = {
        "admin@localhost's password: ":'admin',
        'Enter SMS passcode:':'secretSMScode',
        'Press secret key: ':'2'
    }
    # read line from stdin and trim brackets
    line = sys.stdin.readline().strip()[1:-1]
    args = line.split(';')
    prompt = decode(args[6])
    if prompt in query_challenges.keys():
        print(query_challenges[prompt])
        exit(0)
    else:
        exit(2)

Configure the authentication group used by the device instance to enable MFA. There are two configurables available:

executable The path to the external multi factor authentication executable (mandatory).
opaque Opaque data that will passed as a cookie element to the executable (optional).

> ncs_cli -C -u admin
admin@ncs# config
Entering configuration mode terminal
admin@ncs(config)# devices authgroups group <name> default-map mfa executable <path to the executable>
admin@ncs(config)# devices authgroups group <name> default-map mfa opaque <some opaque data>
admin@ncs(config)# commit

Try connecting to the device.

10.1 Trouble shooting

In case of connection problems the following steps can help for debugging:

Enable the NED trace in debug level:

> devices device dev-1 trace raw
> devices device dev-1 ned-settings zte-xpon logger level debug
> commit

Try connect again

Inspect the generated trace file.

Verify that the ssh client is using the external authenticator executable:

using ssh external mfa executable: <configured path to executable>

Verify that the executable is called with the challenges presented by the ssh server:

calling external mfa executable with ssh server given name: '<name>', instruction: '<instruction>', prompt '<challenge>'

Check for any errors reported by the NED when calling the executable

ERROR: external mfa executable failed <....>

11. How to avoid out-of-sync

The ZTE device is very dynamic and does various automatic changes to the running configuration.

E.g: Deleting a onu interface from gpon-olt :

            interface gpon-olt_1/2/15
              no onu 1
            exit

The device will also delete the gpon-onu_1/2/15:1 interface and the pon-onu-mng/gpon-onu_1/2/15:1 interface

To be in sync with the device, the user must mimic its behavior. In this case, it has to send the following commands that will take care of the deletion inside NSO database. These commands will not be sent to the device by the ned:

        no interface gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
        no pon-onu-mng gpon-onu_1/2/15:1

11.1 "/ pon-onu-mng/gpon-onu_/veip/state" deletion

Warning: the following scenario will lead to out of sync due to a device limitation:

This special case involves "/ pon-onu-mng/gpon-onu_/veip/state": Once set to "lock|unlock", in an already existing interface, the device doesn't provide any means to delete it and revert to the phase where the "state" was not set:

    interface gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
    ex
    pon-onu-mng gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
    commit  ---> Interface created
    veip 1 state lock
    commit  ---> State set in a second transaction

    rollback configuration
    commit

Diff:

      pon-onu-mng gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
   + veip 1 state lock

To avoid this out-of-sync, the "veip/ state" must be set in the same transaction as the parrent interface creation:

    interface gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
    ex
    pon-onu-mng gpon-onu_1/2/15:1
    veip 1 state lock
    commit

This way, at rollback, the veip */state will be deleted once with the interface deletion.

11.2 Element deletion done by setting an element to a different value

Taking as example "/pppoe-intermediate-agent":

To delete a entry in 'pppoe-intermediate-agent vlan *', the device does't accept a "no" command on pppoe-intermediate-agent but it expects a 'disable' word to be sent after the vlan value:

    pppoe-intermediate-agent vlan 1000 disable

To be able to delete an entry, the NED will accept a 'no' command on this element, but it will sent to the device the accepted version:

  "no pppoe-intermediate-agent vlan 1000" -> "pppoe-intermediate-agent vlan 1000 disable"

List of elements where a NSO NO command leads to a modify command that actually deletes the element(s):

 NSO command -> device command
 -----------------------------

no pppoe-intermediate-agent vlan * -> pppoe-intermediate-agent vlan * disable
no dhcpv4-l2-relay-agent vlan * -> dhcpv4-l2-relay-agent vlan * disable
no dhcpv6-l2-relay-agent vlan * -> dhcpv6-l2-relay-agent vlan * disable
no dhcpv4-l2-relay-agent -> dhcpv4-l2-relay-agent disable
no dhcpv6-l2-relay-agent -> dhcpv6-l2-relay-agent disable
no pppoe-plus enable vport * -> pppoe-plus disable vport *
no dhcp-option82 enable vport * -> dhcp-option82 disable vport *
no pppoe-intermediate-agent enable vport * -> pppoe-intermediate-agent disable vport *
no dhcpv4-l2-relay-agent enable vport * -> dhcpv4-l2-relay-agent disable vport *
no voip protocol -> voip protocol none
no dhcp-ip ethuni * -> dhcp-ip ethuni * no-ctrl
no lct disable -> lct enable
no interface eth* speed -> interface eth* speed auto
no interface eth* mtu -> interface eth* mtu 1632
no interface eth* state -> interface eth* state unlock
no interface wifi * state -> interface wifi * state unlock
no resource-id-assign-mode mode2 -> resource-id-assign-mode mode1
no port-identification sub-option remote-id enable vport * -> port-identification sub-option remote-id disable vport *

Note: To avoid out-of-sync errors, some values that are leading to element deletion are not available to be configured from the user interface (not modeled in yang). E.g: resource-id-assign-mode mode1 not available. Only by element deletion (no command) these values can be actually set.

11.3 C600: lacp interface xgei-* smartgroup *

When a smartgroup is deleted under /lacp/interface xgei-*/, the device also deletes the interface xgei. However, the device doesn't accept deletion of the interface xgei by the user ("no" command not available). This causes an out-of-sync issue. To avoid it, the ned allows the deletion of the interface xgei and transforms it to the correct sequence to the device. The user must mimic the device behavior, so this sequence must be used:

admin@ncs(config-config)# lacp
admin@ncs(config-lacp)# no interface xgei-1/18/3
admin@ncs(config-lacp)# commit dry-run outformat native
native {
    device {
        name z600
        data lacp
             interface xgei-1/18/3
             no smartgroup
    }
}

11.4 C600: vlan */ cos/copy-to-[inner|outer] deletion

Device behavior: The vlan list entry is automatically deleted by the device when cos copy-to-inner is deleted. Solution: To avoid out-of-sync, the user/service must delete the the list entry and no cos copy-to-inner.

E.g:

show run:

  vlan 104
  cos copy-to-inner ingress net-side

Out-of-sync case:

  vlan 104
    no cos copy-to-inner

In sync-case:

  no vlan 104

The behavior on the device side is the same for both cases: the list entry will be automatically deleted .

Note: this is true when cos copy-to-inner is the only element in the vlan list.

11.5 Encrypted elements

Some elements, for some device and software versions are getting encrypted by the device and appear as "-en" in running config. One example is /interface gpon-onu*/name & name-en.

As the NED is a super-set of multiple device versions and software versions, both "name" and "name-en" are available in the yang model. If the current device is using encryption, only "name-en" should be configured. The ned will know about the encryption and will not generate out-of-sync error messages. The non-encrypted version (e.g: name) should be used only by the devices that do NOT encrypt its value.

Similar to name-en, description-en is also present in C600 devices.

11.6 Changing the ONU registration method

To change the registration method for a onu entry the 'interface gpon-onu_a/b/c:x registration-method ' is used, by the device. This command actually changes interface gpon-olt_a/b/c onu x sn|pw values. Adding it to the yang model causes an out-of-sync as it doesn't hold value, but it changes another part of the yang model. Trying to modify an existing onu entry under interface gpon-olt_a/b/c it will cause the following error:

%Code 62391-GPONSRV : The entry is existed.
  This is a re-create operation"

In order to keep the sync, but also to be able to change the registration method, the NED allows modifying it, the nso regular way (the same as creating it), and when the error is reported by the device, it actually sends the correct command to the device:

  interface gpon-onu_a/b/c:x registration-method <type> <value>

E.g:

  show running-config :
        interface gpon-olt_1/1/2
           onu 1 type ZTE-F601 pw cisco1

changing the type and value:

        interface gpon-olt_1/1/2
           onu 1 type ZTE-F601 sn TEST12345678

what the Ned will actually send (not visible in dry-run native):

      interface gpon-onu_1/1/2:1
         registration-method sn TEST12345678

This way, what is sent is the same thing with that is applied, even if through a different set of commands, keeping all in sync.

Note: As this behavior can be triggered only by the error message reported by the device, that is sent only at commit time, the commit dry-run outformat native will NOT show what is actually sent to the device (registration-method command).

1.7 interface eth eth_* and interface wifi wifi_* deletion

In case of /pon-onu-mng/gpon-onu*/interface eth * and wifi *, if all list elements are set to their default values in NSO, the interface entry will be deleted by the device. As the elements are not actually deleted in NSO, but set to their default value, NSO doesn't see the list as empty, and will not delete it from cbd.

There will be an out-of -sync.

To avoid this, instead of setting all elements to their default value in NSO, the user must delete the interface entry, that will cause, at device level, the deletion to be translated to set all elements to their defaults. This way, both NSO and the device will have the list entry deleted.

Setting elements to their default value it's possible, without loosing the sync. Only setting ALL existing elements (1 or more) to their defaults then the above issue will happen.

1.8 interface gpon-onu*/switchport

The switchport elements seem to be auto-created and auto-deleted by the device. The user scenario must include these elements, else an out-of-sync will occur. E.g:

interface gpon-onu_1/1/2:1
   tcont 1 profile TC_type3_500M_25M
   gemport 1 tcont 1 queue 1
   switchport mode hybrid vport 1
exit
commit
interface gpon-onu_1/1/2:1
no switchport mode hybrid vport 1
no gemport 1
no tcont 1
exit

12. Show partial

Custom device show partial commands are supported only for the following elements:

interface gpon-olt  using "show running-config interface gpon-olt*"

interface gpon-onu using "show running-config interface gpon-onu*"

pon-onu-mng gpon-onu using "show onu running config gpon-onu*"

interface vport using "show running-config-interface vport*"

interface smartgroup using "show running-config-interface vport*"

Note that the path for the above commands ends with the key identified (e.g interface id). If the partial path is not as expected (e.g: contains additional elements or is missing the key values), an error will be thrown.

E.g: NSO:

admin@ncs(config)# devices partial-sync-from path [
 /devices/device[name='zte-1']/config/xpon:interface/gpon-onu[id='1'][slot='1'][port='3'][onu-number='1']
  /devices/device[name='zte-1']/config/xpon:pon-onu-mng/gpon-onu[id='1'][slot='1'][port='3'][onu-number='1']
  /devices/device[name='zte-1']/config/xpon:interface/gpon-olt[id='1'][slot='1'][port='3'] ]

Device:

show running-config interface gpon-olt_1/1/3
show running-config interface gpon-onu_1/1/3:1
show onu running config gpon-onu_1/1/3:1

LOGS:

SHOW_PARTIAL FILTERED(zte-1)=

interface gpon-olt_1/1/3
  shutdown
  linktrap disable
  onu 1 type ZTE-F601 pw cisco1
  onu 2 type ZTE-F601 sn TEST12345678
!

interface gpon-onu_1/1/3:1
!

pon-onu-mng gpon-onu_1/1/3:1
!

Except the above, all other elements are using "show running-config" command. For other commands/elements not supported, a specific ticket must be raised.

For all partial shows, the NED will filter the config and will load into NSO cdb only the requested output (even if the device command is show running-config, that displays all config due to lack of a device command to show only specific elements, the NED will load only the requested output).

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Table of contents

1. General

1.1 Extract the NED package

1.2 Install the NED package

1.2.1 Local install

1.2.2 System install

1.3 Configure the NED in NSO

devices device address

devices device port

devices device device-type cli protocol <proxy proto - telnet or ssh>

devices authgroups group ciscogroup umap admin remote-name

devices authgroups group ciscogroup umap admin remote-password

devices device authgroup ciscogroup

devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-connection <ssh|telnet>

devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-name

devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-password

devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy proxy-prompt

devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-address

devices device ned-settings zte-xpon proxy remote-port

commit

2. Optional debug and trace setup

3. Dependencies

4. Sample device configuration

5. Built in live-status actions

6. Built in live-status show

7. Limitations

8. How to report NED issues and feature requests

9. How to rebuild a NED

10. Configure the NED to use ssh multi factor authentication

10.1 Trouble shooting

11. How to avoid out-of-sync

11.1 "/ pon-onu-mng/gpon-onu_/veip/state" deletion

11.2 Element deletion done by setting an element to a different value

11.3 C600: lacp interface xgei-* smartgroup *

11.4 C600: vlan */ cos/copy-to-[inner|outer] deletion

11.5 Encrypted elements

11.6 Changing the ONU registration method

1.7 interface eth eth_* and interface wifi wifi_* deletion

1.8 interface gpon-onu*/switchport

12. Show partial