RML online capabilities are also critical in giving network operators the tools necessary for bringing an existing network of routers into Y2K compliance in a productive, timely manner. Network savvy engineers are expensive and often hard to retain. The RML utilities are designed to make operators of a network more productive by providing the tools they can use at a central site to set up or re-configure a network more quickly. BNFS95 enables the network manager, using a Windows PC, to manipulate the file system on the BayRS flash storage media used by the router. The tool provides a full-featured SNMP client side API written in Perl5 for accessing and manipulating BayRS SNMP router attributes.
Scripts provides networks administrators with valuable information about router performance.
The TI 'show interfaces' tool, for example, provides monitoring and diagnostic information. These scripts augment the existing TI commands shipped as part of the standard BayRS software suite. The RML web site allows the customer to access and download the utilities on an ad hoc basis, getting the most current version of the utility, and to ask questions via email. Nortel Networks' Router Management Labs is currently available to all customers. Other support facilities available via the RML web site include an Email Help Line, Frequently Asked Questions listing, Contributed Tools, Related Links listing, and Hot News.