IPDR::Collection::Cisco - IPDR Collection Client (Cisco Specification)
Version 0.41
This is a IPDR module primarily written to connect and collect data using IPDR from a Motorola BSR6400 CMTS. Some work is still required.
It is not very pretty code, nor perhaps the best approach for some of the code, but it does work and will hopefully save time for other people attempting to decode the IPDR protocol (even using the specification it is hard work).
An example configuration for Cisco is
cable metering destination 192.168.1.1 5000 192.168.1.2 4000 1 15 non-secure
The IP addresses and ports specified are those of a collector that the CMTS will send data to. The Cisco implementation does not provide all IPDR functionality. Setting up a secure connection is not too difficult (this release does not support it) from a collector point of view however the Cisco implementation for secure keys is somewhat painful. This Cisco module opens a socket on the local server waiting for a connection from a Cisco router.
An example configuration for Motorola BSR is
ipdr enable ipdr collector 192.168.1.1 5000 3 ipdr collector 192.168.1.2 4000 2
The IP addresses and ports specicified are those of a collector that will connect to the CMTS. You can have multiple collectors connected but only the highest priority collector will receive data, all others will received keep alives. The Client module makes a connection to the destination IP/Port specified.
An example on how to use this module is shown below. It is relatively simple use the different module for Cisco, all others use Client.
#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use IPDR::Collection::Cisco; my $ipdr_client = new IPDR::Collection::Cisco ( [ VendorID => 'IPDR Client', ServerIP => '192.168.1.1', ServerPort => '5000', Timeout => 2, Type => 'docsis', DataHandler => \&display_data, ] ); # Check for data from the IPDR server. my $status = $ipdr_client->connect(); if ( !$status ) { print "Status was '".$ipdr_client->return_status()."'\n"; print "Error was '".$ipdr_client->return_error()."'\n"; exit(0); } $ipdr_client->check_data_available(); exit(0); sub display_data { my ( $remote_ip ) = shift; my ( $remote_port ) = shift; my ( $data ) = shift; my ( $self ) = shift; foreach my $host ( sort { $a<=> $b } keys %{$data} ) { print "Host is '$host' \n"; foreach my $document_attribute ( keys %{${$data}{$host}{'document'}} ) { print "Document id '$document_attribute' "; print "value is '${$data}{$host}{'document'}{$document_attribute}'\n"; } foreach my $sequence ( keys %{${$data}{$host}} ) { next if $sequence=~/^document$/i; foreach my $attribute ( keys %{${$data}{$host}{$sequence}} ) { print "Sequence is '$sequence' Attribute is '$attribute' "; print "value is '${$data}{$host}{$sequence}{$attribute}'\n"; } } } return 1; }
This is the most basic way to access the data. There are multiple scripts in the examples directory which will allow you to collect and process the IPDR data.
The new construct builds an object ready to used by the rest of the module and can be passed the following varaibles
VendorID - This defaults to 'Generic Client' but can be set to any string ServerIP - Client: This is the IP address of the destination exporter. Cisco: This is the IP address of the local server to receive the data ServerPort - Client: This is the port of the destination exporter. Cisco: This is the port on the local server which will be used to receive data Type - Cisco: Only applied to Cisco and currently only 'docsis' works. If omitted then the raw XML data is returned XMLDirectory - Cisco: Only applied to the Cisco module and will force the writing of the XML to the directory specific, filename being the IP address of the sending router. RemoteAddr IP address of remote server to send on data to RemotePort Port of remote server to send on data to RemoteTimeOut Timeout for connection RemoteSpeed Speed at which to send data. It is a number in Mbps, the default is 10. You can use decimal such as 0.5 to mean 500kbps. RemoteMulti This paramter allows multiple destinations to receive XML. The list is a comma separate list of remote end points and their parameters. An example would be 10.1.1.1:9000:10,20.1.1.1:9000:50 The parameters are as follows Destination IP:Destination Port:Destination Bandwidth You can omit destination bandwidth and it will default to 10 Force32BitMode This turns OFF all 64bit checks. Useful for running with older routers such as Cisco7200 UBRs. KeepAlive - This defaults to 60, but can be set to any value. Capabilities - This defaults to 0x01 and should not be set to much else. TimeOut - This defaults to 5 and is passed to IO::Socket (usefulness ?!) DataHandler - This MUST be set and a pointer to a function (see example) DEBUG - Set at your peril, 5 being the highest value.
An example of using new is
my $ipdr_client = new IPDR::Collection::Cisco ( [ VendorID => 'IPDR Client', ServerIP => '192.168.1.1', ServerPort => '5000', DataHandler => \&display_data, Type => 'docsis', Timeout => 2, ] );
This uses the information set with new and attempts to connect/setup a client/server configuration. The function returns 1 on success, 0 on failure. It should be called with
$ipdr_client->connect();
This function controls all the communication for IPDR. It will, when needed, send data to the DataHandler function. It should be called with
$ipdr_client->check_data_available();
The remaining of the functions should never be called and are considered internal only. They do differ between Client and Cisco however both module provide the same generic methods, high level, so the internal workings should not concern the casual user.
Andrew S. Kennedy, <shamrock at cpan.org>
<shamrock at cpan.org>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-ipdr-cisco at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=IPDR-Collection-Cisco. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
bug-ipdr-cisco at rt.cpan.org
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc IPDR::Cisco
You can also look for information at:
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
http://annocpan.org/dist/IPDR-Collection-Cisco
CPAN Ratings
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/IPDR-Collection-Cisco
RT: CPAN's request tracker
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=IPDR-Collection-Cisco
Search CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPDR-Collection-Cisco
Copyright 2011 Andrew S. Kennedy, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install IPDR, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm IPDR
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install IPDR
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.