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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# This is a sample python script for going through all observed mac addresses
+# and assuming they are BMC related and printing nodeattrib commands
+# for each node to access the bmc using the interface specified on the command
+# line
+
+# Not necessarily as useful if there may be mistakes in the
+# net.switch/net.switchport attributes, but a handy utility in a pinch when
+# you really know
+
+
+import confluent.client as cl
+import socket
+import struct
+c = cl.Command()
+macs = []
+interface = sys.argv[1]
+for mac in c.read('/networking/macs/by-mac/'):
+    macs.append(mac['item']['href'])
+for mac in macs:
+    macinfo = list(c.read('/networking/macs/by-mac/{0}'.format(mac)))[0]
+    if 'possiblenode' in macinfo and macinfo['possiblenode']:
+        if macinfo['macsonport'] > 1:
+            print('Ambiguous set of macs on port for ' + macinfo[
+                'possiblenode'])
+        prefix = int(mac.replace('-', '')[:6], 16) ^ 0b100000000000000000
+        prefix = prefix << 8
+        prefix |= 0xff
+        suffix = int(mac.replace('-', '')[6:], 16)
+        suffix |= 0xfe000000
+        rawn = struct.pack('!QLL', 0xfe80000000000000, prefix, suffix)
+        bmc = socket.inet_ntop(socket.AF_INET6, rawn)
+        print('nodeattrib {0} bmc={1}%{2}'.format(macinfo['possiblenode'],
+                                                  bmc, interface))