A. Integrated Management Interface (IMI) and IMI Shell Modules provide complete, unified management of the ZebOS Network Services Module (NSM) and the individual ZebOS Network Platform routing protocols. ZebOS IMI allows a system administrator to start, stop, reconfigure and monitor all of the ZebOS daemons during one continuous Telnet session. The ZebOS IMI Shell is a client that connects to the IMI, and provides advanced I/O functions. ZebOS IMI and IMI Shell enable hardware manufacturers to easily add a complete management system, with an industry-standard CLI, to their routing and switching equipment.