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44 MergePoint 5200 Service Processor Manager Installer/User Guide
6. Click Connect .
SSH Passthrough
SSH Passthrough allows you to perform management operations to target devices by using
commands over Secure Shell (SSH) version 2.
You may establish an SSH connection to a target device by specifying the appropriate name in the
SSH command. When opening an SSH passthrough connection to an appliance, you may include
an SP command at the end of the SSH command. If the SP command is not present at the end of the
SSH command, the appliance will provide the user with a menu of SP commands to choose from.
SSH Passthrough commands
There are two types of SSH commands: commands without an SP command and commands with
an SP command.
To access a target device through SSH Passthrough:
Run the command by entering the following:
ssh –t userA:serverB@applianceC
.
NOTE: In this example, userA is trying to access a target device serverB that is connected to a MergePoint 5200
SP manager applianceC.
This command allows the user to get access to serverB's service processor. A menu appears after
successfully logging in. The user can manage serverB by choosing a menu item.
To access a target device through SSH Passthrough with SP command:
Run the command by entering the following: ssh –t userA:serverB@applianceC [command] .
NOTE: In this example, userA is trying to access the SP feature [command] on a target device serverB that is
connected to a MergePoint 5200 SP manager applianceC.
The first part of the command will establish an SSH session to the MergePoint 5200 SP manager.
The SP command will be passed through to the service processor on the appliance. The appliance
will validate and execute the command.
For example, a command to open an SSH session to the appliance and execute power on command
may look like this: ssh –t jsmith:MGP@172.30.19.122 poweron.
Table 4.1 lists all of the SP command names and what each command does.