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7 The Interactive Telnet Feature
This chapter describes how to use the Interactive Telnet feature for:
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Configuring Extreme devices using Telnet and the ExtremeWare Command Line Interface (CLI).
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Configuring third-party devices using interactive Telnet.
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Creating CLI Command Macros for use in configuring individual devices or groups of devices.
Overview of the Interactive Telnet Feature
Users with Administrator or Manager access can view and modify configuration information for
Extreme switches (Summit, Alpine, and Black Diamond switches) managed by EPICenter using Telnet
and the ExtremeWare or ExtremeXOS Command Line Interface (CLI). You can also use the interactive
Telnet capability to view and modify configuration information for third-party devices being managed
by EPICenter.
The Telnet feature provides two usage modes:
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A Macro view with Macro Player and Macro Editor tabs, where you can set up context-based CLI
command macros, define variables to be used in commands within your macro, and run them on
multiple switches in a single operation. You can set a macro to run repeatedly, and can save them in
the EPICenter database for future use. You can import and export macros in XML file format.
Macros you create in the macro editor can be executed from other areas in EPICenter, accessed
through right-click pop-up menus or the EPICenter Tools menu. Macros are supported on most
Extreme Networks and Avaya devices. Telnet macros may also be supported on other third-party
devices that have been integrated with EPICenter through the third-party device integration
framework. Most other third-party devices that are not integrated through this mechanism will not
support Telnet macros.
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An individual session mode, where you can open a session on an individual device, and execute
commands just as you would from a standard Telnet interface.
Using Telnet with Extreme Networks Switches
The Telnet feature allows the scripting and playback of groups of CLI commands (macros) to a selection
of Extreme Networks switches. You can also use this feature to run an interactive Telnet session on an
individual switch, including third-party switches.
If SSH is enabled on an Extreme Networks device, and the device has been configured in EPICenter
(through the Inventory Manager) to use SSH, then SSH2 will be used instead of regular Telnet.
Select Telnet from the Navigation Toolbar to display the Telnet feature.
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If a device was selected in the Component Tree in a previous applet, the interactive Telnet window
appears for that device, usually ready to accept commands to the device. See
“Running a Telnet
Session on an Individual Switch” on page 216 for more details on using interactive Telnet.