NAPALM Arguments not applied?

[mathieumd]

NetBox Napalm Plugin version

0.3.0

NetBox version

4.1.3

Python version

3.10

Steps to Reproduce

On my Huawei VRP swtiches (for example Huawei S6730-H48X6C and S6730-H24X6C), LLDP Neighbors is working.

But on one, a Huawei S5735-L24P4X-A1, it gets a timeout after the 10 seconds default:

Error connecting to the device at 10.0.0.101: Cannot connect to 10.0.0.101

So I set this JSON as NAPALM Arguments in Napalm Platform Configs for the huawei_vrp platform. But it doesn't change anything, it looks like it's not applied.

{
    "--optional_args": "conn_timeout=20,read_timeout=20"
}

Running napalm manually confirm that this conn_timeout is required:

napalm --user readonly --vendor huawei_vrp 10.0.0.101 call get_lldp_neighbors_detail

2024-10-22 14:34:00,427 - napalm - ERROR - open - Failed: Cannot connect to 10.0.0.101
...
netmiko.exceptions.NetmikoTimeoutException: Paramiko: 'No existing session' error: try increasing 'conn_timeout' to 15 seconds or larger.
...

So, I added conn_timeout, and now it connects (it still fails, but for another reason):

napalm --user readonly --vendor huawei_vrp --optional_args conn_timeout=20 10.0.0.101 call get_lldp_neighbors_detail

2024-10-22 14:36:43,367 - napalm - ERROR - method - Failed:
Pattern not detected: 'Info:\\ The\\ configuration\\ takes\\ effect\\ on\\ the\\ current\\ user\\ terminal\\ interface\\ only\\.' in output.

But for this second problem I will open another issue at https://github.com/napalm-automation-community/napalm-huawei-vrp.

Expected Behavior

NAPALM Arguments should be applied.

Observed Behavior

NAPALM Arguments are not applied.