Common command interface

A method of managing a telecommunications network device, comprising:

• executing a command proxy on each of one or more network cards that comprise a processor located within the telecommunications network device;
• registering at least one command executable by an application with a first command proxy, wherein the first command proxy is local to the application;
• registering the command through the first command proxy with a central command daemon;
• executing a web server and a telnet server on the network card that comprises the central command daemon;
• providing a user interface comprising a command line interface and a web interface;
• receiving the command at either of said command line interface and said web interface;
• forwarding the command to a second command proxy, wherein the second command proxy is local to the user interface;
• forwarding the command through the second command proxy to the central command daemon;
• forwarding the command through the central command daemon to the first command proxy;
• forwarding the command through the first command proxy to the application;
• and
• completing execution of the command;
• wherein said first command proxy and said second command proxy receive commands in a plurality of formats;
• and
• wherein the common command interface allows the network device application to maintain one set of code for each command regardless of which command interface initiated the command.

A method of managing a telecommunications network including a first network device and a second network device, comprising:

• executing a command proxy on each of one or more network cards that comprise a processor located within each telecommunications network device;
• executing a community command daemon on one of the first or second network devices;
• executing a first application on the first network device;
• executing a second application on the second network device;
• registering a first command executable by the first application with a first command interface on the first network device;
• registering a second command executable by the second application with a second command interface on the second network device;
• registering the first and second commands with the community command daemon;
• and
• executing a web server and a telnet server on the network card that comprises the community command daemon;
• wherein said command interfaces receive commands in a plurality of formats;
• and
• wherein the common command interface allows the network device application to maintain one set of code for each command regardless of which command interface initiated the command.

A telecommunications network device, comprising:

• an application executing a command;
• and
• a common command interface comprising a distributed system having a central command daemon and a plurality of distributed command proxies, wherein the application registers the command with the common command interface and the common command interface receives the command from a user interface and forwards the received command to the application, and wherein said common command interface receives commands in a plurality of formats;
• wherein a command proxy is executed on each of one or more network cards that comprise a processor located within the telecommunications network device;
• wherein a web server and a telnet server are executed on the network card that comprises the central command daemon;
• and
• wherein the common command interface allows the network device application to maintain one set of code for each command regardless of which command interface initiated the command.