User guide

1. To connect to a target device or appliance console, open your SSH client and enter the

following values in the provided text fields:

• <zone1/username>:

Specify the highest level zone for which you have access rights. If a zone is

not specified for the username, the top level zone is assumed. If you do not

have access to this zone, the connection attempt fails.

• <zone2/targetdevicename>@ (to connect to a target device)

-or-

<zone2/appliancename>@ (to connect to an appliance console)

If the appliance resides in a zone below your highest level zone, specify a

zone. If a zone is not specified, it is assumed that unit belongs to the zone

specified for the username. If the unit does not reside in this zone, the

connection attempt fails.

• host name or IP address of the DSView server

NOTE: If DS Zones are not enabled, you do not need to specify a zone for the username or appliance. For more

information about zones, see DS Zones on page 249.

To connect to a target device using the Linux or Unix SSH command, enter a

command in the following format:

<zone1/username>:<zone2/target device name>@<host name or IP address of

DSView server>

For example, a command to open an SSH session to a target device may look like this:

ssh -p 4122 zone 1 /jsmith:zone 2 /Boston@ 172.30.1 9.1 0 1

To connect to an appliance console using the Linux or Unix SSH command, enter a

command in the following format:

For example, a command to open an SSH session to an appliance console may look

like this:

ssh -p 4122 zone 1 /jsmith:zone 2 /ACS_ Lab:@1 72.3 0 .19.101

NOTE: The colon is used to delimit different arguments; however, if a colon is contained within the name, then a

double backslash may be used as an escape sequence to include the colon in the name. For example, if the

username is “sanders:”, a command to open an SSH session to a target device may look like this:

ssh -p 4122 zone1/sanders\\::zone2/Boston:5@172.26.5.100

2. If a user SSH key has been configured, the session is automatically authenticated based on

the key. The user SSH key must be stored on the DSView server specified in See "To

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