Brocade Secure Fabric OS Administrator's Guide (53-1000244-01, November 2006)

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Publication Number: 53-1000244-01

Installing a Supported CLI Client on a Workstation

Standard telnet sessions work only until secure mode is enabled. The following telnet clients are

supported after secure mode has been enabled:

• sectelnet

sectelnet is a secure form of telnet that is available for switches running Fabric OS v3.2.0, v4.4.0,

v5.0.1, v5.1.0, or v5.2.0. For instructions on installing the sectelnet client, see the following

procedures.

• SSH

SSH is a secure form of telnet that is supported only for switches running Fabric OS v4.1.x or later.

You can use SSH clients that support version 2 of the protocol (for example, OpenSSH or F-

Secure). See the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for client installation instructions.

sectelnet is provided on the Brocade Partner Web site. It can be used as soon as a digital certificate is

installed on the switch.

To install the sectelnet client on a Solaris workstation

1. Obtain the Solaris version of the sectelnet file from the switch supplier and copy the file onto the

workstation.

2. Decompress the tar file and install it to a location that is “known” to the computer, such as in the

directory containing the standard telnet file. The location must be defined in the i environmental

variable.

sectelnet is immediately available.

To install the sectelnet client on a PC workstation

1. Obtain the PC version of the sectelnet file from the switch supplier and copy the file onto the

workstation.

2. Double-click the zip file to decompress it.

3. Double-click the setup.exe file.

4. Install sectelnet.exe to a location that is “known” to the computer, such as in the directory

containing telnet.exe. The location must be defined in the path environmental variable.

sectelnet.exe is available as soon as setup completes.

aution

Ensure that all intermediate hops are secure when accessing a switch by way of sectelnet or SSH;

otherwise, user passwords might be compromised.