Script management

Overview

WARNING Equipment Damage

CLI and XML API scripts that are not correctly applied or created can cause serious damage to the network.

Nokia recommends that system administrators clearly define user responsibilities for script usage, and ensure that scripts are verified and validated before they are executed on devices in a live network.

See the appropriate device hardware documentation for the applicable CLI commands, structure, and usage.

Script management is typically delivered by the NFM-P GUI which provides the framework to develop scripts to create, delete, configure, or view objects in the NFM-P network. An OSS client can use the NFM-P script manager for the following:

• invoking XML scripts outside of the NFM-P GUI framework

• XML script and OSS software troubleshooting

The XML API uses the script package to allow for script management. There are two types of scripts:

• CLI script—used to securely create and manage scripts executed against managed devices, including GNEs

• XmlAPI script—is the same type of script used for OSS but are typically managed within NFM-P, allowing them to be used from the NFM-P GUI, and perform complex actions on not just network elements, but NFM-P itself, if required.

Note: The generic methods are not used to configure scripts, instead use the various configuration methods that are included for the various classes in the script package. See the XML API Reference for more information.