114 Command Line Interface
CIMListener command
Description Configures CIM indication service listeners and adds subscriptions to listeners. Refer to the
CIMSubscription command for information about configuring subscriptions.
Authority Admin session and a CIM Edit session. Refer to the CIM command for information about opening a
CIM edit session.
Syntax
cimlistener
add [listener_name] [subscription_list]
create [listener_name]
delete [listener_name]
edit [listener_name]
Operands
add [listener_name] [subscription_list]
Adds the set of subscriptions given by [subscription_list] to the listener given by [listener_name].
Use a <space> to delimit subscription names in [subscription_list].
create [listener_name]
Prompts you in a line-by-line fashion to create a CIM listener with the name given by
[listener_name]. [listener_name] can have up to 32 characters: 0—9, A—Z, a—z, _, $, ^, and -.
The CIM listener configuration parameters are described in Table 29.
Table 29 CIM listener configuration parameters
Parameter Description
Name Listener name
Type Listener type:
• Permanent —
send indications to the CIM client whether a
connection can be established or not. This is the default.
• Transient — sends indications to the CIM client, but ceases if a
connection cannot be established after 60 minutes.
URL IP address of the CIM client and the port number to which to send indications.
The default is 10.0.0.1:5000.
delete [listener_name]
Deletes the listener given by [listener_name] from the CIM database.
edit [listener_name]
Opens an editing session in which you can modify the CIM listener given by [listener_name].
Refer to Table 29 for a description of the CIM listener configuration parameters.
