Method and apparatus for command abstraction

摘要

Methods and apparatus to provide command abstraction. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining information on commands for a plurality of devices including devices of the same type having different command structures, receiving a generic command from a user directed to one of the devices of the same type, determining, using a computer processor, whether the generic command is supported, extracting parameters from the generic command, and generating from the extracted parameters and the generic command a device-specific command for execution by the one of the devices of the same type.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
obtaining information on commands for a plurality of devices including devices of the same type having different command structures; receiving a generic command line interface (CLI) command from a user directed to one of the devices of the same type; determining-whether the generic CLI command is supported; extracting parameters from the generic CLI command; generating from the extracted parameters and the generic CLI command a device-specific command for execution by the one of the devices of the same type; providing a single user interface to obtain information from the user for the generic CLI command that can be used for any one of the devices of the same type having different command structures; and collecting output from a device in response to the device-specific command using terminal scraping; and validating and transforming the collected output into a normalized model.