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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring SSH and Telnet
Configuring Telnet
To reenable the Telnet server, perform this task:
Starting Telnet Sessions to Remote Devices
Before you start a Telnet session to connect to remote devices, you should do the following:
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Obtain the hostname for the remote device and, if needed, the user name on the remote device.
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Enable the Telnet server on the Nexus 5000 Series switch.
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Enable the Telnet server on the remote device.
To start Telnet sessions to connect to remote devices from your Nexus 5000 Series switch, perform this
task:
The following example shows starting a Telnet session to connect to a remote device:
switch#
telnet 10.10.1.1
Trying 10.10.1.1...
Connected to 10.10.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
switch login:
Clearing Telnet Sessions
To clear Telnet sessions from the Nexus 5000 Series switch, perform this task:
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)#
[no] feature telnet
Enables/disables the Telnet server. The default
is enabled.
Command
Purpose
switch(config)#
telnet server enable
Reenables the Telnet server.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
telnet
hostname
Creates a Telnet session to a remote device. The
hostname
argument can be an IPv4 address, an IPv6
address, or a device name.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
show users
Displays user session information.
Step 2
switch(config)#
clear line
vty-line
Clears a user Telnet session.