Merge branch 'develop' into huawei_smartax_improve_closing

Author: ktbyers

netmiko/cisco/cisco_apic.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Subclass specific to Cisco APIC."""
 
 from netmiko.linux.linux_ssh import LinuxSSH
+from netmiko.cisco_base_connection import CiscoSSHConnection
 
 
 class CiscoApicSSH(LinuxSSH):
@@ -10,4 +11,17 @@ class CiscoApicSSH(LinuxSSH):
     This class inherit from LinuxSSH because Cisco APIC is based on Linux
     """
 
-    pass
+    def session_preparation(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Prepare the session after the connection has been established.
+
+        In LinuxSSH, the disable_paging method does nothing; however, paging is enabled
+        by default on Cisco APIC. To handle this, we utilize the disable_paging method
+        from CiscoSSHConnection, the parent class of LinuxSSH. This approach leverages
+        the shared implementation for Cisco SSH connections and ensures that any updates to
+        disable_paging in the parent class are inherited.
+        """
+        self.ansi_escape_codes = True
+        self._test_channel_read(pattern=self.prompt_pattern)
+        self.set_base_prompt()
+        CiscoSSHConnection.disable_paging(self, command="terminal length 0")