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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.

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