Question

A network engineer wants an NX-OS device to automatically collect a detailed diagnostic bundle whenever an interface flaps more than five times in 60 seconds. The collection logic is complex, requiring conditional parsing of multiple show commands and formatting output into a JSON file stored in bootflash. The engineer plans to use an EEM policy to trigger this. Which approach best satisfies the requirement while keeping the trigger logic maintainable?

Accepted Answer

Register an EEM policy with a syslog event for repeated LINK-DOWN messages using an occurs/period correlation, and have its action run a Python script stored in bootflash

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Create an EEM applet with multiple 'action' CLI statements that run each show command and redirect output using the tee command

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Configure an EEM policy that monitors the interface counter event and invokes a Python script via the 'action cli python' event trigger with no correlation window

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Use a scheduled Cron job in the Guest Shell that polls interface counters every 60 seconds and writes the JSON bundle when a threshold is exceeded