Service Pack 5.0
Service Pack 5.0 (SP 5.0) for WebNMS CLI API 2.0 is available
since Oct 28, 2003. This service pack is for customers who
have downloaded the product prior to April 06, 2004. Customers
who have downloaded the WebNMS CLI API after April 06,
2004 need not apply this service pack. The trial copy available
in the Download page is already updated with SP 5.0.
If you have downloaded WebNMS CLI API 2.0 before April
06, 2004, please download and install the service pack 5.0
using
update manager.
New Features Added Over WebNMS CLI API
2.0
Core API
- Support for sending commands or performing some action
using ConnectionHandler interface is provided. This includes
commands that can be sent
- before or after establishing connection with the
remote host
- after logging into the device
- before or after disconnecting from the host
- Secure Shell (SSH) protocol is supported out-of-the-box.
Enhancements Made Over WebNMS CLI API
2.0
Core API
- write() method is provided to allow the user to send stream
of bytes to the remotehost in the TelnetFrame.
- Provision for setting the terminalType as an applet parameter
in the TelnetFrame, is made for telnet and SSH.
- getProperties() and setProperties() methods are added
to CLIProtocolOptions, to enable the user to get and set
all the properties of the protocol.
- setDebug() method is provided to disable logging in the
WebNMS CLI API.
- isPerformPing() and setPerformPing() methods are added
to handle long offline CLI timeouts.
- getRequestQSize() and setRequestQSize() methods are added
to configure the asynchronous request queue size.
- maxConnections() and systemWideMaxConnections() methods
are enhanced to configure the number of connections with
a device.
- getTerminalType() and setTerminalType() methods are added
for sending terminal type during Telnet protocol negotiation.
CLI Utilities
Enhancement in Command Set structure.
CLI Tools
Support for internationalization of CLI Browser.
Note
The AdventNetJta.jar is bundled with the CLI 2.0 Service
Pack 5. With this, the jta20.jar under <CLI_HOME>/jars
directory has become obsolete and can be removed.We request
you to go through the <CLI_HOME>/COPYRIGHT_EXTENDED
before start working with SSH and Telnet implementations.
The Service Pack does not contain the updated Help Documentation.
To download the latest help documentation, follow the link
to the Documentation page
