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Cisco Media Gateway Manager 5.0 User Guide
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Chapter 5 Maintaining an Efficient Network
How Do I Monitor the Network?
Step 2 When the login prompt appears in the Telnet window, you must:
a. Enter the Service Level name.
b. Enter the Service Level password.
You have successfully established a telnet session to a node.
5.2.2 Connecting to Nodes Through Secured Shell
When you connect as an Operator to an MGX node through Cisco MGM, or when Cisco MGM connects
to MGX, secured shell (SSH) enhances the security.
Note To use SSH through the Cisco MGM client, the SSH secured shell must be installed and the path to the
executable must be set in the environmental variable PATH. For more information, refer to the SSH
Communications Security Corporation at the following URL: http://www.ssh.com
To connect to a node using SSH:
Step 1 In the Configuration Center, to choose the node in the Hierarchy pane, you can:
a. Choose the node.
b. Enter the node name or IP address into the text box.
Step 2 To use SSH, you can:
a. Right-click the source node and choose Administration > SSH.
b. Select the source node and choose Tools > Administration > SSH.
Step 3 Enter the default switch username cisco into the text box.
Note If you decide not to use ssh by choosing telnet, you do not need to enter a username.
Step 4 Click OK to open the SSH secure shell window.
Step 5 At the prompt, enter the password to log on the node through SSH.
5.2.3 Monitoring a Network Element
You can monitor the status of the NEs through Chassis View. Alarm Browser also provides up-to-date
information that can be used for managing faults. See Chapter 9, “Managing Faults.”
To monitor an NE:
Step 1 In the Chassis View tree, to choose the NE, you can:
a. Choose the NE.
b. Enter the node name or IP address into the text box.