Command Line Interface
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).
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 This functionality is still in place for backward compatibility but has been superseded by the MIB-based CLI, a syntactically simpler interface which is more suitable for computer-to-computer interfaces.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 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.
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