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Release Notes for Cisco Enhanced Device Interface 2.2 on Linux
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Release Notes for Cisco Enhanced Device Interface 2.2 on Linux
Revised: May 11, 2007, OL-12569-01CDC Date May 11, 2007
Contents
This document has the following sections:
Introduction
Cisco E-DI provides a comprehensive management interface to configure Cisco devices. Cisco E-DI interfaces with network devices through the command line interface (CLI) or through an Eclipse-based Graphical User Interface (GUI).
For information on installing and setting up Cisco E-DI 2.2, see Installation and Setup Guide for Enhanced Device Interface 2.2 on Linux.
For all the other procedures, see User Guide for Cisco Enhanced Device Interface, 2.2.
New Features in This Release
The new features in this release are:
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Changes in the Install framework
Cisco E-DI 2.2 can be now installed as a separate application on Linux and Windows platforms.
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Provides applications with an XML interface that let you retrieve the operational data from Network Elements. This data is available through CLI show commands. It also allows you to create a Model spec file, an XML file, and an XSD.
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Provides a CLI and a GUI interface to create macros across the various device OS versions. Allows you to do network provisioning, using the macro grouping capability.
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Enables you to translate Cisco Catalyst Operating System (CatOS) configurations to equivalent, supported Cisco IOS configurations.
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Provides Java APIs over XML PI. E-DI provides Java client API libraries that accept Java objects as inputs and return Java objects, so that you can use these APIs to develop your own applications. You can also use these APIs in existing applications.
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Enables you to compare two IOS images. Also allows you to check commands for completeness.
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Provides an infrastructure to generate and validate device-independent CLI models. You can use these device-independent CLI models to generate device-specific Java code.
You can use this generated Java code in Domain Manager applications instead of the hard coded, template-based CLI generation mechanism. Command Modeler is built over the E-DI Device CLI Knowledge Base.
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Simplifies configuring ACLs for the network. It allows E-DI to deliver ACL configuration functionality through Device Configuration Manager.
You can configure devices with the appropriate ACL configuration from E-DI Configuration Editor.
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Enables E-DI to verify the Configuration Commit. It displays details about the success or failure of the configuration on the given network.
This helps you to ensure that the Configuration Commit is successful and complies with the candidate configuration.
Known Problems in E-DI 2.2
Table 1 contains the Known Problems found in E-DI 2.2.
Related Documentation
The documents available for Cisco E-DI 2.2 are:
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Cisco E-DI 2.2 uses third-party open source software subject to these licenses:
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For details, see Installation and Setup Guide for Enhanced Device Interface 2.2 on Linux.
Accessing Documentation
You can access Cisco E-DI 2.2 documentation using these options:
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For help on Macro Command Manager, see the PDF of the User Guide for Cisco Enhanced Device Interface 2.2 in the folder E-DI Install Location/Cisco EDI/docs.
For the latest and updated documentation of Cisco Enhanced Device Interface, 2.2, please check Cisco.com:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6456/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.
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