Navigating a console cli session – Brocade Virtual ADX Installation and Deployment Guide (Supporting ADX v03.1.00) User Manual
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Switch to the Linux shell from a Brocade Virtual ADX CLI session (Telnet)
telnet@Virtual ADX# linux-console
Entering linux-console mode (session ID: 4)...
[root@VirtualADX ADX]# vadx-console
telnet@Virtual ADX#
NOTE
The Telnet or SSH connection must be authenticated when using the linux-console command.
Otherwise, you will see the following error.
telnet@Virtual ADX#linux-console
Error: For linux-console access, re-login with username/password
telnet@Virtual ADX#
For information on setting up the authentication username and password, refer to the Brocade Virtual
ADX Administration Guide.
Use the show who command to view details about your current CLI session. For example:
telnet@Virtual ADX> show who
Console connections:
established, in config mode
6 minutes 23 seconds in idle
1 established, client ip address 10.70.42.27
you are connecting to this session
2 closed
Telnet connection (outbound):
3 closed
1 closed
2 closed
User:
global: manager
Context: default manager Default Current
telnet@Virtual ADX>
The Brocade Virtual ADX can also be accessed and configured via a web user interface. For more
information, refer to the Brocade Virtual ADX Graphical User Interface Guide.
Navigating a console CLI session
When you are connected to a Brocade Virtual ADX CLI session via the console, you can use keyboard
shortcuts to switch between the management process (MP) and barrel process (BP) .
Navigating a console CLI session: keyboard shortcuts
TABLE 1
Keyboard shortcut
Function
Ctrl+y+1
Switch to management process console
Ctrl+y+[2..n]
Switch to BP console. Ctrl+y+2 will switch to BP 1.
Ctrl+y+m
Switch to Linux shell console. Use the vadx-console
command to go back to Brocade Virtual ADX CLI
session.
Ctrl+y+l
List the available process consoles. Highlight the
required entry to switch to that console.
For further information about logging into a BP, refer to the Brocade Virtual ADX Administration Guide.
Navigating a console CLI session
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