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Command Line Interface
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MIB-Based Command Line Interface
All VBrick appliance parameters are accessible via an industry-standard SNMP Management
Information Base (MIB). This section explains how to access VBrick appliance parameters
using the COM2 serial port or over an IP network. You can use HyperTerminal or ProComm
with the serial port for example, or Telnet or PuTTY over an IP network. The VBrick 4000-
5000-6000 Series was originally designed with a menu-based Command Line Interface that
was used for control. This functionality is still in place for backward compatibility but has
been superseded by the MIB-based CLI, a syntactically simpler interface which is more
suitable for computer-to-computer interfaces. The syntax for each VBrick parameter is
documented in the SNMP MIB for the appliance. The MIB-based CLI is also suitable for
users who cannot use the alternative SDK or SNMP interfaces because of their development
environments or tools. All subsequent CLI references in this document refer to the MIB-
based CLI.
You can use a variety of tools to create scripts that use the CLI. Some common examples are
ProComm, HyperTerminal, Telnet, and PuTTY. In short, to send input commands to a
VBrick appliance, you can use ProComm, Telnet, scripts, cut-and-paste, or any program that
supplies text-based input via the get and set commands described here. The command set for
the CLI includes
SVAR
,
GVAR
,
STAB
,
GTAB
. Note that newer appliance features such as
multiple bit rate are not available on the menu-based CLI and can only be accessed via the
MIB-based CLI.
Note There are some Global Commands that can be used with both CLI and Telnet. Global
Commands are accepted at any menu level. For example, to browse to a menu
selection and make a change, you can type
be
or
beginedit
command instead of
navigating back to the editing menu. Note that the reset control is in the Diagnostic
menu (
D/RB
).
Note The menu-based Command Line Interface (CLI) can be used to access VBrick
parameters for WM v1.1 and VBDNA v3.3
or earlier . VBrick parameters added to
subsequent releases may not be available in the menu-based CLI. You must use the
MIB-based CLI to access these new features.