Python Network Programming

Network vendor support

Let's face it, we don't live in a vacuum. There is a running joke in the industry that the OSI layer should include a layer 8 (money) and 9 (politics). Every day, we need to work with network equipment made by various vendors. 

Take API integration as an example. We saw the difference between the Pexpect and API approach in previous chapters. API clearly has an upper hand in terms of network automation. However, the API interface does not come cheap. Each vendor needs to invest time, money, and engineering resources to make the integration happen. The willingness for the vendor to support a technology matters greatly in our world. Luckily, all the major vendors support Ansible, as clearly indicated by the ever increasingly ...