Connecting to devices using telnet – Avocent CCM1640 User Manual

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Chapter 3: Operations

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Connecting to devices using Telnet

Each CCM serial port is directly addressable via a unique TCP port number

that provides a connection to the attached serial device.

Plain text (non-encrypted) Telnet connections are enabled by default. For

information about enabling both plain text Telnet and SSH connections, see

Enabling plain text Telnet and SSH connections in this chapter.

To connect to a device using Telnet:

Type telnet, followed by the CCM IP address and the appropriate TCP port

number, which by default is 3000 plus the physical port number, in decimal

format. (The TCP port number may be changed for any CCM port.)

For example, the following Telnet command connects to the serial device

attached to physical port 14 of a CCM1640.

telnet 192.168.0.5 3014

If an authentication method other than None has been configured for the

CCM, you will be prompted for credentials (username and password). Once

authentication completes, your connection is confirmed. When you successfully

connect to the serial device, you will see a display similar to the following.

Username: Myname
Password: ******
Authentication Complete
Connected to Port: 14 9600,8,N,1,XON/XOFF

If the authentication method is configured as None, you may Telnet and

connect to a serial device without entering credentials; however, credentials

are always required when connecting to the CCM CLI.

Data entered at the Telnet client is written to the attached serial device. Any

data received by the CCM from the serial device is output to your Telnet client.

You may access the CCM and its ports using Equinox-provided or third-party

Telnet client applications. A cross-platform Telnet client is bundled with the

AVWorks application. Third-party Telnet client applications may be used in

combination with AVWorks or standalone.

You may connect using either SSH (AVWorks provides built-in support for SSH2)

or plain text.

AVWorks Telnet

AVWorks is a cross-platform client application provided with each CCM.

AVWorks provides a convenient way to select a CCM or attached device and
launch a Telnet session to manage it.

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