Ssh Sessions; Choosing Directcommand Sessions Or Native Ip Connections - Avocent MERGEPOINT SP MANAGER Installer/User Manual

4. In the Telnet Session panel, click Telnet Session to open the Telnet console window
through a MindTerm client.
After connecting to the Telnet session and logging into the SP with SP's username and
password, you can launch the management application from the service processor's command
line.

SSH Sessions

You can open an SSH session to the selected SP.
To connect SSH session:
1. In the side navigation bar, click an SP name.
2. Click the System Sessions tab.
3. In the top navigation bar, click Sessions.
4. In the SSH Session panel, click SSH Session to open the SSH console window.
After connecting to the SSH session and logging into the SP with SP's username and password,
you can launch the management application from the service processor's command line.

Choosing DirectCommand Sessions or Native IP Connections

You can connect directly to native applications on the SP through either DirectCommand
sessions or Native IP connections. These applications are proprietary interfaces or command
lines provided by the service processor vendor; examples include HP InSight, IBM Director and
Dell Open Manage
With DirectCommand, users can gain access to native applications, integrated web servers and
other proprietary interfaces that are available over TCP/IP. You can use the MergePoint web
interface to launch a browser, vKVM or virtual media (vMedia) session on a service processor.
DirectCommand only provides native access to pre-defined TCP ports on a service processor
through a mapped local address.
Alternatively, Native IP (MergePoint SP5x24/SP5x40 manager only) allows access to native
applications using the native IP address of the service processor. Once enabled and configured,
Native IP allows external user traffic to selectively pass through the MergePoint
SP5x24/SP5x40 manager and directly connect to a service processor on the internal server
network. To configure Native IP, enable Selective mode, which creates an open trust, or define
Native IP trusts with specific IP addresses that are permitted to establish Native IP connections.
Examples of cases where Native IP should be used instead of DirectCommand:
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