I know there's quite a large community of people who use the Cisco ONS kit (stuff like the 15454), so thought I'd see if there was interest in a command line interface for the boxes - something a bit like Cisco IOS type stuff, not like TL1 - for those people who can't use, or don't like, the java interface. I've been working on it for a while now, and have a fair amount of the simple stuff implemented, e.g.: THDO-0> show nodes Node Name Type Version --------- ---- ------- 111NY-0 Cisco ONS 15454 03.30-002E-16.22 THDO-1 Cisco ONS 15454 03.30-002E-16.22 [snip] THDO-0> show interface brief Interface Description Speed Con AdmnStatus OperStatus --------- ----------- ----- --- ---------- ---------- [snip] sonet_5/1 to THLS1 OC48 Y ADMIN_UP OPER_UP sonet_6/1 to THDO-TFM4-0 OC48 Y ADMIN_UP OPER_UP sonet_13/1 to TVC1 OC48 Y ADMIN_UP OPER_UP [snip] THDO-0> sh sdcc topology Src Node Interface Dest Node Interface Speed -------- --------- --------- --------- ----- 111NY-0 sonet_12/1 THLS-0 sonet_6/1 OC48 THDO-1 sonet_5/1 MH-0 sonet_5/1 OC48 [snip] THDO-0> sh alarm Feb 12 18:03:23: STS-5-25: %NSA-NR-AIS-P: Alarm Indication Signal - Path Feb 12 18:04:26: STS-5-37: %NSA-NR-AIS-P: Alarm Indication Signal - Path Feb 16 21:46:23: SYNC-NE: %NSA-NA-SSM-ST3: Stratum 3 Traceable [snip] ...and basic interface manipulation, loopbacks, enable, disable, etc. So, anyway, I was just wondering if there was an interest in something like this, which means I should spend some time packaging it up into something that could be released into the wild, or not. Definitely very alpha quality code at the moment, I've managed to cause 15454 nodes to reboot during testing, etc, so don't get your hopes up yet, but I do currently use the code for basic management of my 10 node SONET cloud. Let me know... Simon -- Simon Lockhart | Tel: +44 (0)1628 407720 (BBC ext 37720) Technology Manager | Fax: +44 (0)1628 407701 (BBC ext 37701) BBC Internet Services | Email: Simon.Lockhart@bbc.co.uk BBC Technology, Maiden House, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead. SL6 4UB. UK