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A device linker web page:
Simplifies access to the many device-management interfaces in the network.
Provides links to the telnet, console, and HTTP ports of Cisco IOS devices.
Cisco 2511 terminal server
Line 1
RS-232
Telnet access
cable
telnet://172.21.10.10
Cisco AS5800
HTTP access to the CLI
http://172.21.10.10
OOB console access
telnet://172.21.10.1:2001
By using a Cisco terminal server for out-of-band console access, such as a Cisco 2511, the consoles are
available at TCP port 20xx on a terminal server. The target line number replaces xx. For example to get
to line 1, telnet to port 2001. The equivalent URL is telnet://172.21.101.250:2001
To build a device linker web page, follow these steps:
Collect the IP addresses for the Cisco IOS devices.
Collect the device console out-of-band (OOB) paths for the terminal server and the lines connected to
Cisco IOS devices.
Create a basic HTML table and enter the information for each device. The telnet and HTTP information
is in bold in the following HTML code fragment. Step 4 shows what the table looks like in a web
browser.
<html>
<head>
<title>Dial The.Net Device Linker</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Dial The.Net Device Linker</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>IP</td>
<td>Console</td>
<td>Hardware Type</td>
<td>Comments</td>
</tr>
<tr>
Device Linker
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