Connecting To The Nortel Snas 4050; Establishing A Console Connection - Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Manual

770 Chapter 16 The Command Line Interface
When using a Telnet or SSH client to connect to a cluster of Nortel SNAS 4050
devices, always connect to the Management IP address (MIP). Configuration
changes are automatically propagated to all members of the cluster. However, to
use the
the Real IP address (RIP) of the particular Nortel SNAS 4050 device on which
you want to perform these commands, or connect to that Nortel SNAS 4050 with a
console connection.

Connecting to the Nortel SNAS 4050

You can access the CLI in two ways:
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•

Establishing a console connection

Use a console connection to perform the initial setup and when reinstalling the
Nortel SNAS 4050 software as the boot user. You must also use a console
connection when logging in as root user for advanced troubleshooting purposes.
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,
/boot/halt /boot/reboot
using a console connection through the console port (see
console connection" on page
using a Telnet connection or SSH connection over the network (see
"Establishing a Telnet connection" on page 772
using SSH" on page
, or
/boot/delete
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commands, connect to
"Establishing a
or "Establishing a connection