Brocade Network OS Command Reference v4.1.0 - Manual (Page 1345)

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telnet
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telnet
Establishes a Telnet session to a remote networking device.
Synopsis telnet {IP Address | hostname} [port-number port]
Operands IP Address The server IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.
hostname The host name (a string between 1 and 63 ASCII characters in length).
port-number port Specifies the port number in the remote device to connect to. Valid values
range from 0 through 65535. For the connection to succeed, a TCP server
must be listening for client connections at the specified port.
Defaults Port 23
Command Modes Privileged EXEC mode
Description Use this command to establish a Telnet session from a switch to a remote networking device.
Usage Guidelines The following features are not supported:
• Display Telnet sessions
• Ability to terminate hung Telnet sessions
Examples To establish a Telnet session from a switch to a remote networking device.
switch# telnet 10.17.37.157
Trying 10.17.37.157...
Connected to 10.17.37.157.
Escape character is '^]'.
Network OS (sw0)
sw0 login:
See Also ssh, show running-config telnet server, show telnet server status, telnet server shutdown