Command line interface

The TL1 Probe is supplied with a command line interface (CLI). This interface allows you to perform commands using the probe (for example, to add or delete network elements during runtime). To use the CLI, you must use the CommandPort property in the properties file to specify a port through which commands will be sent. When you want to perform commands, use Telnet to connect to this port.

The following table describes the commands that you can use with the command line interface.

Table 1. CLI commands
Command	Description
`bounce`	This command closes the management association to the specified NE and then immediately attempts to reopen it.
`resynch`	This command allows you to resynchronize the given device socket connection to a specific host and port, and requests that a device resends all the data of a particular type that it has sent since it was started.
`passthru`	This command instructs the probe to send a TL1 message to a TL1 device.
`addne`	This command adds a network element during runtime.
`delne`	This command deletes a network element during runtime.
`writehost`	This command writes details of the current configuration of the network element to a file.
`exit/quit`	This command terminates the CLI client session with the probe.

Note: As the CLI is based upon Telnet connections, you can connect to the TL1 Probe from anywhere. This means that simple scripts can be set up to allow users to acknowledge selected events from the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus event list by creating desktop tools using Telnet to connect the TL1 Probe, send a command, and then close the connection.