Extreme Networks EPICenter 4.1, Software Installation Manual

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498 EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
EPICenter External Access Protocol
command
is one of the following:
The result from one of these commands is a single message from the server in the form of:
<H2>ERROR, error message text </H2>
or
<H2>REQUEST COMPLETE, server message text </H2>
Logout Command
The external application sends the following to logout from the EPICenter server:
<command><param>logout</param></command>
The EPICenter server sends the following response and closes the TCP connection immediately
afterward.
<H2>INFO, See you later</H2>
Other Commands
When the EPICenter server receives a command that it cannot understand, the server responds with:
<H2>ERROR, Unknown command “ command_name ”</H2>
Other Tags
When the external client sends anything in the tag value format that is not a <
COMMAND
>...<
/COMMAND
>,
the EPICenter server ignores such data and does not respond.
Tcl Client API
The EPICenter server commands are sufficient for any external application to communicate with the
EPICenter server. However, the EPICenter software also provides a client API that makes it easier for
third-party developers to develop external applications that communicate with the EPICenter server.
enable Enables one or more policies by name. The arguments to this command are one or more policy
names.
disable Disables one or more policies by name. The arguments to this command are one or more
policy names.
configure Configures all policies on a set of devices.
The external application can provide an optional set of arguments to specify the devices that
should be configured.
If no arguments are present, all policies are applied to all devices being managed.
If arguments are present, then each argument is assumed to be either the IP address of a
device or the name of a device or group object.
• If the argument is an IP address, then policies on the device with that IP address are
configured.
• If the argument is a name, then all devices with that name are configured, and devices
within groups with that name are configured.