Identifying the NFM-P software release and patch level

Overview

You can include the <version xmlns="xmlapi_1.0"/> element within the body of your XML request to determine the software load installed on the NFM-P. The NFM-P returns the software load information in an XML response that has the following format:

NFM-P Version <version>.<major.minor>.<build_number>.<patch_number>

The NFM-P does not return patch information in the XML response if there are no issued patches for the software.

Figure 5-3: Timestamp and software load request

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<SOAP:Envelope xmlns:SOAP="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

   <SOAP:Header>

      <header xmlns="xmlapi_1.0">

         <security>

            <user>username</user>

            <password hashed="false">password</password>

         </security>

         <requestID>XML_API_client@n</requestID>

      </header>

   </SOAP:Header>

   <SOAP:Body>

      <timeStamp xmlns="xmlapi_1.0"/>

      <ping xmlns="xmlapi_1.0"/>

      <timeStamp xmlns="xmlapi_1.0"/>

      <version xmlns="xmlapi_1.0"/>

      <timeStamp xmlns="xmlapi_1.0"/>

   </SOAP:Body>

</SOAP:Envelope>

The following figure shows a sample of the response to the request in the previous figure.

Figure 5-4: Timestamp and software load response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<SOAP:Envelope xmlns:SOAP="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

   <SOAP:Header>

      <header xmlns="xmlapi_1.0">

         <requestID>XML_API_client@n</requestID>

         <requestTime>Jun 9, 2014 3:44:23 PM</requestTime>

         <responseTime>Jun 9, 2014 3:44:23 PM</responseTime>

      </header>

   </SOAP:Header>

   <SOAP:Body>

      <timeStampResponse xmlns="xmlapi_1.0">

         <millis>1402343063516</millis>

      </timeStampResponse>

      <pingResponse xmlns="xmlapi_1.0" />

      <timeStampResponse xmlns="xmlapi_1.0">

         <millis>1402343063517</millis>

      </timeStampResponse>

      <versionResponse xmlns="xmlapi_1.0">

         <version>NFM-P Version R.r.Rx.y</version>

         <baseVersion>R.r</baseVersion>

         <build>Rx</build>

         <patch>y</patch>

      </versionResponse>

      <timeStampResponse xmlns="xmlapi_1.0">

         <millis>1402343063518</millis>

      </timeStampResponse>

   </SOAP:Body>

</SOAP:Envelope>