NetManage Documenation
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NetManage is an Application Programming Interface and set of associated tools for the distributed management of one or more switches in the network. NetManage is built on SunRPC, however, a set of C datatypes and function calls wrap the lower-level SunRPC functions so that the interface is easier to use and the vulgarities and limitations of SunRPC are hidden from the programmer.
The general programming model for managing a switch with NetManage is to first get a client handle by initiating a session with the switch. This is accomplished with the
nmf_open function. The client handle is then used in all subsequent API for the switch.
NetManage supports asynchronous event notification so that the application can be made aware of port up/down events, switch power failures and other normal and abnormal asynchronous state changes in the switch.
These events are delivered in a callback function to the application. This callback function is specified as an argument to the nmf_open funciton.
