Quick Reference Guide

System Management 437
DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 5/15/12 – FOR PROOF ONLY
Special Telnet Sequences
At any time during an active Telnet session, Telnet commands can be listed by pressing the Ctrl-
shift-6-? keys at the system prompt.
A sample of this list follows. Note that the Ctrl-shift-6 sequence appears as ^^ on the screen.
Several concurrent Telnet sessions can be opened and switched. To open a subsequent session,
the current connection has to be suspended by pressing the escape sequence keys (Ctrl-shift-6)
and x to return to the system command prompt. Then open a new connection with the
telnet User
EXEC mode command.
Keywords Table
Telnet Sequence Purpose
Ctrl-shift-6-b Break
Ctrl-shift-6-c Interrupt Process (IP)
Ctrl-shift-6-h Erase Character (EC)
Ctrl-shift-6-o Abort Output (AO)
Ctrl-shift-6-t Are You There? (AYT)
Ctrl-shift-6-u Erase Line (EL)
Console> ‘Ctrl-shift-6’ ?
[Special telnet escape help]
^^ B sends telnet BREAK
^^ C sends telnet IP
^^ H sends telnet EC
^^ O sends telnet AO
^^ T sends telnet AYT
^^ U sends telnet EL
Options Description
/echo Enables local echo.
/quiet Prevents onscreen display of all messages from the software.
/source-interface Specifies the source interface.