RANCID (Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ) is a tool for automating the collection of hardware and configuration data from network devices. I recently upgraded an installation from version 2.3.1 to 2.3.8. And naturally, because I didn't have a ton of time to devote to this, stuff broke. It stopped pulling data from some switches. Not all switches, mind, that would be too easy to troubleshoot. Only some.