Carrier Access 770-0125-AB installation manual Exporting the BROADway Database to a TL1 Script

Configuration

Managing the BROADway Configuration Database

To delete an OFFLINE database, use the DLT-DBTL1 command:

DLT-DB::NSP:1234::<name>;

<name>—User defined OFFLINE database name.

Examples:

Delete the database called offlinename from the active NSP:

DLT-DB::NSP:1234::offlinename;

Delete the database called offlinename from NSP-1:

DLT-DB::NSP-1:1234::offlinename;

Deletes the database called offlinename from NSP-2:

DLT-DB::NSP-2:1234::offlinename;

You cannot delete the database that is either currently stored as RUNNING or SAVED. To initialize the database system to its factory default, use the INIT-DBTL1 command:

INIT-DB::NSP:1234;

After you initialize the database, reboot the BROADway system using the INIT-SYSTL1 command (see page 3-27).

CAUTION! USE THE INIT-DBCOMMAND WITH EXTREME CARE AS IT WILL RESET THE SAVED CONFIGURATION DATABASE TO A FACTORY DEFAULT STATE. ENSURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP OF ANY PREVIOUS SAVED CONFIGURATION BEFORE YOU EXECUTE THIS COMMAND.

Exporting the BROADway Database to a TL1 Script

The BROADway embedded database is designed to offer fast access to each configuration element of the BROADway switch. However, it is not stored in a simple human-readable format. To dump the contents of the database to a TL1 script format, the following TL1 commands can be used:

EXEC-SYS::NSP:1234::cfgDumpTL1;

EXEC-SYS::NSP:1234::cfgDumpTL1verbose;

The EXEC-SYScommand accesses each element configuration table within the database in turn and converts the contents to a series of TL1 commands. The first variant of the command will only print information that is changed from the default switch settings. The second variant of the command will print the entire database as a series of TL1 commands.

In this release of the system software, the output is sent to the console from which the command was executed, i.e. the serial craft port or a Telnet session. An operator using a terminal emulation program such as Hyperstream can capture the output from the switch to a file on the local PC, and replay it back to the switch to configure the product.

It is also possible to capture the output, modify certain script parameters and then play it back to replicate a single configuration easily on multiple BROADway switches.

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