Additional administration tools

Last Updated : Jun 10, 2026 |

You can use the following tools for Avaya Aura® Device Services administration:

  • The JConsole java tool

    JConsole uses the extensive instrumentation of the Java Virtual Machine (Java VM) to provide information about the performance and resource consumption of applications running on the Java platform.

    You can use jconsole to monitor the following components:

    • Tomcat

    • Serviceability Agent (also known as spiritAgent)

    For more information about using the jconsole utility, see the Oracle documentation.

    Important:

    JConsole is a graphical tool and can be run locally from an Avaya Aura® Device Services node that has a graphical desktop environment installed.

  • Avaya Aura® Device Services tools such as clitool-acs, and collectLogs.

    • clitool-acs

      A tool that has multiple usage possibilities. The parameters specified in the command determine the usage of the clitool-acs utility.

    • collectLogs

      Enables you to collect and download the logs from an Avaya Aura® Device Services node.

    • statusAADS

      A tool that displays the status of the Avaya Aura® Device Services server and of the related services.

      The statusAADS.sh script is located in the /opt/Avaya/DeviceServices/<version>/CAS/<version>/bin directory.

  • Linux tools such as ping, nslookup, ip, ethtool, wget, and curl

    • ping

      Sends an ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts.

    • nslookup

      Queries the internet servers interactively.

    • ip

      Displays and manages routing devices, policy routing and tunnels.

      You can use this command to identify nodes that have a virtual IP address.

    • ethtool

      Queries and manages network driver and hardware settings.

      You can use this command to confirm that the physical network adaptor is enabled and available.

    • wget

      Downloads files from the Web.

      You can use this tool to perform resource discovery for a user.

    • curl

      Transfers a URL.