Specifications

telnet
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telnet
telnet [<remote_ip> | <host_name>] {vr <vr_name>} {<port>}
Description
Allows you to Telnet from the current command-line interface session to another host.
Syntax Description
Default
• Telnet is enabled
• Port 23
• Virtual router VR-0
Usage Guidelines
Only VT100 emulation is supported.
Any workstation with a Telnet facility should be able to communicate with the switch over a TCP/IP
network.
You need to configure the switch IP parameters.
Up to eight active Telnet sessions can access the switch concurrently. If idletimeouts are enabled, the
Telnet connection will time out after 20 minutes of inactivity. If a connection to a Telnet session is lost
inadvertently, the switch terminates the session within two hours.
Before you can start a Telnet session, you need to configure the switch IP parameters. To open a Telnet
connection, you must specify the host IP address or the host name of the device you wish to manage.
Check the user manual supplied with the Telnet facility if you are unsure of how to do this.
You must configure DNS in order to use the host_name option.
The vr_name option specifies the name of the virtual router. The valid virtual router names are VR-0,
VR-1, and VR-2.
Example
The following command configures Telnet communication with a host at IP address 123.45.67.8:
telnet 123.45.67.8
remote_ip Specifies the IP address of the host.
host_name Specifies the name of the host.
vr_name Specifies the name of the virtual router.
port Specifies a TCP port number. The default is port 23.