Pluribus does not recognize "terminal" command

[kdfw404]

I'm in the process of converting my code base from Netmiko 3.4 to Netmiko 4.5 and moving from CentOS7 to Rocky Linux 9.5. As part of testing Netmiko v4.5 on Rocky 9 with one of our Pluribus devices to determine if it could simply connect and find the prompt, I encountered terminal: Unrecognized command "terminal" reported in the session log. Furthermore, when I subsequently attempt to dump the config with running-config-show, I get a timeout with traceback. The session log indicates more at the bottom of the file, which corroborates the timeout.

I researched the Netmiko code, and found that in pluribus_ssh.py, method session_preparation(), I could override the default command terminal length 0 to replace it with pager off. Doing so eliminates the unrecognized command error, and it permits a complete screen dump of the config, as evidenced by the finished command in the session log.

From pluribus_ssh.py:
`
import time
from typing import Any

from netmiko.no_config import NoConfig
from netmiko.base_connection import BaseConnection

class PluribusSSH(NoConfig, BaseConnection):
"""Common methods for Pluribus."""

def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
    super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
    self._config_mode = False

def session_preparation(self) -> None:
    """Prepare the netmiko session."""
    self._test_channel_read()
    self.set_base_prompt()
    # kdfw commented 2025-02-03
    # self.disable_paging()
    self.disable_paging(command="pager off")
    # Clear the read buffer
    time.sleep(0.3 * self.global_delay_factor)
    self.clear_buffer()

`
Does this seem like a reasonable solution?

[ktbyers]

So is "pager off" the standard way to disable output paging on the Pluribus devices?

If so, that change sounds reasonable.

Kirk

[kdfw404]

Hey Kirk,

Yes, that is how it worked in Netmiko v3.4. Session log from the v3.4 running instance indicates it used "pager off"... which is how I knew to try it.

FYI, in case it is of use to know, Pluribus Networks is the brand; the switches are running NetVisor OS version 6.1.1.

Thanks,
Kimberly

[ktbyers]

@kdfw404 Okay, that just looks like an error that occurred going from V3.4.0 to V4.0.0. Do you want to do a PR on this?

[kdfw404]

Hey Kirk,
I'm not sure what is involved in doing a pull request?
Thanks,
Kimberly

[ktbyers]

I will see if I can do it (hopefully, Friday).

Kirk