# Importing necessary modules import netmiko from netmiko import ConnectHandler # Creating the Netmiko class based network device dictionary switch = { 'device_type': 'cisco_nxos', 'ip': '<ip address>', 'username': '******', 'password': '******', 'port' : 22, 'verbose': True, } # SSH connection using Connection handler device dictionary net_connect = ConnectHandler(**switch) net_connect.find_prompt() # Send commands to switch through interactive SSH 'shell' output = net_connect.send_command('<cisco show command, ex. show ip int brief>') # Print output to screen print(output) # Disconnect SSH session net_connect.Disconnect()