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Provisioning a Device Command Script Management
AlliedView NMS Administration Guide (Controlling and Provisioning Network Devices)
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FIGURE 5-20 Command Script Mgt Window
5.3.3.1 Upload File Form (Script Mgt)
The Upload File form is used to retrieve a file from the device. The user has to pick a file name from a list retrieved from the
device. It can be stored either under the user's scripts path or under the user's device-specific directory in the server-side file
system. Refer to Figure 5-21.
TABLE 5-6 Command Script Mgmt Buttons/Fields
Button/Field Description
Upload
Retrieves a file from the device. The user has to pick a file name from a list retrieved from
the device. It can be stored either under the user's scripts path or under the user's device-
specific in the server-side file system
. Refer to 5.3.3.1.
Download Brings up a file chooser so a file can be selected from the server file system to be downloaded all the
highlighted devices. If a file already exists with the same name, it will be overwritten. This button
allows files to be downloaded without being executed as a script. One use of this button is to create a
login banner file, as shown in 5.3.3.6.
Download/
Execute
Brings up a file chooser. A script can be selected from the server file system for execution on
all the highlighted devices. After the user chooses a script, it can be downloaded on all the
target devices and executed. Command feedback from the devices will be displayed in a
scrolling panel.
Upon completing execution, the device needs to be rediscovered in case any configuration
changes were made that may affect other NMS features, like VLAN
. Refer to 5.3.3.2.
Edit Files
Brings up the unloaded multi-paged editor. The editor has open and save as buttons that work
with either the local file system or the server file system, determined by a toggle on the file
chooser. (Local file system is not supported in rev. 2.0) Save uses whichever file was opened,
whether local or server-side. The editor also have find, find next, and cut/copy/paste
. Refer to
5.3.3.3.
Delete Files
Brings up a file chooser from which the user chooses one or more files to delete. Refer to
5.3.4.2.
Compare
Files
Compares and displays two text files for comparison. Refer to 5.9.3