Logging In Through Telnet; Introduction - HP A7500 Series Configuration Manual

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CAUTION:
The common settings configured for console login take effect immediately. If you configure the common
settings after you log in through the console port, the current connection may be interrupted, so you must
use another login method. After you configure common settings for console login, modify the settings on
the terminal to make them consistent with those on the device.

Logging in through Telnet

Introduction

The device supports Telnet. You can Telnet to the device to remotely manage and maintain it, as shown
in Figure 12.
Figure 12 Telnet login
The following table shows the configuration requirements of Telnet login.
Object
Telnet server
Telnet client
By default, the device is enabled with the Telnet server function.
On a device that serves as the Telnet client, you can log in to a Telnet server to perform operations
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on the server.
On a device that serves as the Telnet server, you can configure the authentication mode and user
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privilege level for Telnet users. By default, password authentication is adopted for Telnet login, but
no login password is configured. Before you can Telnet to the device, you need to log in to the
device through the console port, enable the Telnet server function, and configure the authentication
mode, user privilege level, and common settings.
This section includes these topics:
Use the command...
Set the idle-timeout idle-timeout minutes
timer [ seconds ]
Requirements
Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface, and make sure the Telnet
server and client can reach each other.
Configure the authentication mode and other settings
Run the Telnet client program.
Obtain the IP address of the VLAN interface on the server
Remarks
Optional
The default idle-timeout is 10 minutes. The
system automatically terminates the user's
connection if there is no information interaction
between the device and the user within the
idle-timeout time.
Setting idle-timeout to 0 disables the timer.
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