vlan database in Cisco Router

I am using the Cisco 3745 Multi-service router in GNS3 and creating vlans. To create vlans I need to send these commands in priv exec mode.

S3#vlan database
S3(vlan)#vlan 10 name my_vlan
VLAN 10 added:
    Name: my_vlan
S3(vlan)#exit
S3#

I am using the below code with NETMIKO:

for n in range (2,21):
   print "Creating VLAN " + str(n)
   config_commands = ['vlan database', 'vlan ' + str(n) + ' name Python_VLAN_' + str(n)]
   output = net_connect.send_config_set(config_commands)
   print output 

The problem is that if I use .send_config_set it will enter the config mode, whereas the vlan database command works in exec mode.

If I use .send_command

config_commands = ['vlan database', 'vlan ' + str(n) + ' name Python_VLAN_' + str(n)]
output = net_connect.send_command(config_commands)

the code doesn’t work and I have to ctrl+c to stop the script.

It seems that the code is executed and as it enters the “vlan database” mode it is unable to execute the next commands.

[farhanahmed77]

@ktbyers Thanks that worked. So, we are specifying manually the config mode to ‘vlan database’ instead of conf t.

[asirajahmed]

Well, here is the exact solution which works

from netmiko import ConnectHandler

iosv_l2 = {
        'device_type': 'cisco_ios',
        'ip': '192.168.122.51',
        'username': 'siraj',
        'password': 'cisco',
}

net_connect = ConnectHandler(**iosv_l2)

config_commands = ['vlan 11 name Python_VLAN_11', 'exit']
output = net_connect.send_config_set(config_commands, config_mode_command='vlan database')

# for creating a range of VLAN's

for n in range (21,26):
    print ("Creating VLAN " + str(n))
    config_commands = ['vlan {} name Python_VLAN_{}'.format(n,n), 'exit']
    output = net_connect.send_config_set(config_commands, config_mode_command='vlan database')
    print (output)