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Lab 3 of 5  ·  Semi-Guided

Create CiscoDevice and MerakiDevice Subclasses

Objective: Extend NetworkDevice with two subclasses that each add a vendor-specific attribute.
Instructions

Create a file called lab3.py. Starting from the NetworkDevice class in Lab 2, create two subclasses:

  • CiscoDevice(NetworkDevice) — adds ios_version, overrides get_summary() to append — IOS: <version>
  • MerakiDevice(NetworkDevice) — adds model, overrides get_summary() to append — Model: <model>

Both subclasses should call super().__init__() to set the base attributes.

Your output must match exactly:

sw-core-01 (cisco) — 10.1.1.1 — Site: HQ — VLAN: 1 — IOS: 15.2(4)E
mr-office-01 (meraki) — 10.1.2.1 — Site: Office — VLAN: 1 — Model: MR36

Run it with python3 lab3.py. Paste your output below and submit.

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Use super().__init__(name, ip, "cisco", site, vlan) in CiscoDevice. Override get_summary() and call super().get_summary() to get the base string, then append the extra info.
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