Table Of Contents

Using Cisco E-DI

Setting up the Terminal

Keyboard Shortcuts

Cisco E-DI Services

Commonly Used Commands

File System Commands

Comparing Files

Restarting the Server or a Device

Using Cisco E-DI

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This chapter details how to configure and use Cisco E-DI features:

•Setting up the Terminal

•Keyboard Shortcuts

•Cisco E-DI Services

•Commonly Used Commands

•File System Commands

•Comparing Files

•Restarting the Server or a Device

Setting up the Terminal

The commands used to set up the terminal are detailed in Table 2-1. The commands can be given in server or network mode.

Table 2-1 Commands to Setup the Terminal 

Action	Command
To set the terminal color mode. You can also use the key combination Ctrl-T from the server EXEC level to toggle between gray and color modes.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal color
The terminal display settings can be configured to use either hostname, DNS name, or the IP address of the device.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal device-id {dns-name | dns-name-short| ip | name}
To define the FTP Authentication credentials.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal ftp-auth username {word} Password
To define the HTTP Authentication credentials.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal http-auth username {word} Password
To make the session interactive.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal interactive
To specify the number of lines that are displayed on the terminal.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal length {0-1} | {2-256}
When terminal monitor is enabled, any action on the Cisco E-DI server carried out on another session is displayed on the terminal.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal monitor message filter {word}
To disable the relevant terminal mode.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal no {color | http-auth | interactive | monitor | monitor message-filter | skip-locked | skip-unauth | status-codes | suppress-repeats}
To set the terminal environment variable value.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal set {word}{word}
To skip all devices locked by some other user.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal skip-locked
To skip all devices that are not authorized to be included in a task.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal skip-unauth
To display the status code after command implementation.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal status-codes
To set the terminal stream control type.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal stream-ctl {read-file filename | write-file filename | xml-data-channel {word}}
To turn the toggle options using the Ctrl key on and off.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal supress-repeats
To unset the terminal environment variable.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal unset {word}
To specify the text width displayed on the screen. Note The default terminal width is 24.	[SRV:/server|NET:/network]#terminal width {16-256}

Keyboard Shortcuts

Table 2-2 details the keyboard shortcuts available in Cisco E-DI.

Table 2-2 Keyboard Shortcuts and Associated Actions 

Shortcut	Action
?	Opens context sensitive help
Ctrl A	The cursor goes to the beginning of the line
Ctrl B	The cursor moves one character to the left
Ctrl C	Discards the current line
Ctrl D	Deletes the character at the cursor
Ctrl E	The cursor goes to the end of line
Ctrl F	The cursor moves one character to the right
Ctrl G	Displays the devices selected, the knowledge base applied and the applicability of the command to the devices selected in device configuration mode
Ctrl K	Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the command line
Ctrl N	Returns more recent commands in the history buffer after recalling commands with Ctrl-P or the Up Arrow key
Ctrl P	Recalls commands in the history buffer, beginning with the most recent command
Ctrl R	Refreshes the current line
Ctrl T	Toggles between terminal color display
Ctrl U	Deletes all characters before the cursor to the beginning of the command line
Ctrl W	Deletes the word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl X	Deletes all characters before the cursor to the beginning of the command line
Ctrl Z	Exit from configuration mode
Enter	For paginated messages (more than one page), message scrolls one line up
Space bar	For paginated messages (more than one page), message scrolls one page up (equal to terminal length)
Tab	Completes a partial command

Cisco E-DI Services

Cisco E-DI includes a number of services, see Table 2-3. These services can be enabled or disabled, see Table 2-4.

Table 2-3 Cisco E-DI Services 

Service	Default	Description
asset	Enabled	Device asset collection service. Periodically collects information on device hardware assets such as chassis, cards, slot, power-supply, and fans.
editor	Enabled	Text editor service for CLI. Allows editing/creating files on Cisco E-DI using a vi editor.
exec-cmd	Enabled	Direct network EXEC command service. Enables implementing commands on a device using exec-cmd command.
perl-scripting	Disabled	Perl scripting service for CLI. Enables implementation of perl scripts using perl command.
telnet	Disabled	Enable/disable Telnet service. Enables login to the Cisco E-DI server using Telnet.
trap-receiver	Enabled	SNMP trap receiver service. Enables the receiving and processing of SNMP traps.

Table 2-4 Commands to Enable Cisco E-DI Services 

Action	Command
To enable the device asset collection service	[SVR:/server] (config)#service asset
To enable the text editor service for the CLI	[SVR:/server] (config)#service editor
To enable the direct network EXEC command service	[SVR:/server] (config)#service exec-cmd
To enable perl-scripting for the CLI	[SVR:/server] (config)#service perl-scripting
To enable the telnet service	[SVR:/server] (config)#service telnet
To enable the SNMP trap receiver service	[SVR:/server] (config)#service trap-receiver

Commonly Used Commands

Table 2-5 details commands which are commonly used in Cisco E-DI.

Table 2-5 Commonly Used Commands 

Action	Command
To enter the configure setup mode.	config setup
To enter the configure terminal mode.	config t
To perform various diagnostic activities on the network.	diag
To download files using HTTP or FTP onto Cisco E-DI.	download
To exit out of the configuration mode. You can also use Ctrl-Z	end
To exit from the current configuration view and move to the parent view.	exit
To find the managed devices that match a certain criteria.	find
To show help on different topics based on the text input.	help
To put the discovered devices into the managed state.	import
To collect device(s) inventory. Used in network mode.	inventory
To logout of the server.	logout
To query a DNS server to lookup and find IP address information for a host or device.	nslookup
To ping a element in the network using its IP address or name.	ping
To synchronize the file system, device configuration and archives on the devices and the server.	sync
To trace a route to a network element using its IP address or name.	traceroute
To save the server running configuration to start-up configuration.	write

File System Commands

Cisco E-DI creates a virtual file system to represent the file systems on the managed devices. The virtual file system contains server, network and users directories in the root of the file system:

•/server directory contains directories and files related to Cisco E-DI such as directories for storing configuration archives, images and temporary files.

•/network directory contains the virtual file system representing file systems for all the devices currently managed.

This is a read only file system. Files can be read from the devices, but cannot be written or deleted. The file systems of the devices are learned when the device is managed and are kept up-to-date with the device whenever a device inventory is performed. The file systems can also be kept up to date with the sync filesystem command.

•/users directory contains one directory for each user of Cisco E-DI, which can be used to store user specific files.

Table 2-6 details commands to manage the file system.

Table 2-6 Commands to Manage the File System 

Action	Command
To change the current directory.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# cd {/}[name{/name/name.....}]
To switch to the server root directory.	[SVR:/server]# cd /
To switch to the user's home directory.	[SVR:/server]# cd
To display the current working directory.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# pwd
To create a directory with a specified name.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# mkdir /{server/ | network/} name
To remove the specified directory.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# rmdir /{server/ | network/} name
To show the contents of the current directory.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# dir
To view the contents of the specified file.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# more /{server/ | network/} name
To delete the specified file.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# delete {/force | /recursive | name}
To copy a file.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# copy {source file destination file}
To rename a file.	[SVR:/server|NET:/network]# rename name
To synchronize the file system on the server with the file system on the device. You can choose to synchronize the device in the background or the foreground.	[NET:/network]# sync filesystem {bg | fg}

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Note You can also manage the file system using perl scripts. See "Using Perl Scripts".

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Comparing Files

Cisco E-DI gives the option to compare two files and deduce the differences with appropriate color codes. Table 2-7 details the commands.

Changes will be highlighted in color, if enabled. Additions are shown in green and deletions are shown in red. Else, deletions will be marked by "-" and additions by "+".

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Note CTRL-T enables the color mode.

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Table 2-7 Commands to Compare Files 

Action	Command
To compare files. File 1 is the reference.	[SVR:/server]# diff file-name1 file-name2
To compare the start-up and running configurations.	[SVR:/server]# show running-config diff-with startup-config

Restarting the Server or a Device

The commands to restart the Cisco E-DI server or a device are detailed in Table 2-8.

Table 2-8 Commands to Restart Server and Devices 

Description	Command
Restart the Cisco E-DI server.	[SVR:/server]# reload server
Restart the specified devices.	[SVR:/server]# reload device ip-address1 [ip-address2........]