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connect to a target device or appliance console, open your SSH client and enter the
following values in the provided text fields:" on page 225.
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When prompted, enter the password for the username. If you enter an incorrect
password three times, the login failed event will be generated and the SSH session will
be closed.
The user credentials for the target device are validated by the DSView server. If the
user is valid, the DSView software database determines the IP address of the appliance
and the X.509 certificate for establishing the connection. If the user is invalid, the
session closes immediately.
3. If more than one connection exists to the target device, the SSH connection attempt fails
and the DSView software informs the user of the failure reason. To connect to a target
device with multiple connections, specify the appliance name and port instead of the target
device name. The appliance name must be identical to the appliance name in the DSView
software database, and the port must be the exact port number that appears in the Units
view in the DSView software.
To connect to a target device with multiple connections, open your SSH client and
enter the following values in the provided text fields:
• <zone1/username>:
• <zone2/appliancename>:port@
• host name or IP address of the DSView server
To connect to a target device with multiple connections using the Linux or Unix SSH
command, enter a command in the following format:
<zone1/username>:<zone2/appliance name:port>@<host name or IP address of
DSView server>
4. The SSH client attempts to establish an SSH connection to the appliance or target device.
If a successful connection is established, the DSView server acts as a proxy between the
user and target device.
If an SSH Passthrough session to the same appliance or target device is already open,
your session is shared with the previously connected users. You have read-only access
to the session, but you may enter a command to obtain read/write access. See
Transferring read/write access on page 229.
5. If the console port on the target device requires additional authentication, the user is
prompted to log in.
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