Configuring Telnet
Enabling the Telnet Server
By default, the Telnet server is enabled. You can disable the Telnet server on your Cisco Nexus device.
Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Enters global configuration move.
switch#
configure terminal
Step 1
Enables/disables the Telnet server. The default
is enabled.
switch(config)#
[no] feature telnet
Step 2
Reenabling the Telnet Server
If the Telnet server on your Cisco Nexus device has been disabled, you can reenable it.
Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Reenables the Telnet server.
switch(config)#
[no] feature telnet
Step 1
Configuring the Telnet Source Interface
You can configure Telnet to use a specific interface.
Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Enters global configuration move.
switch#
configure terminal
Step 1
Configures the source interface for all Telnet packets.
The following list contains the valid values for
interface
.
switch(config)#
ip telnet
source-interface type slot/port
Step 2
•
ethernet
•
loopback
•
mgmt
•
port-channel
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Configuring SSH and Telnet
Configuring Telnet