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In addition to the wizards, the WebUI includes a dashboard that provides enhanced visibility into your wireless
network’s performance and usage. This allows you to easily locate and diagnose WLAN issues. For details on
the WebUI Dashboard, see Dashboard Monitoring.
CLI
The CLI is a text-based interface accessible from a local console connected to the serial port on the controller or
through a Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) session.
By default, you can access the CLI from the serial port or from an SSH session. You must explicitly enable Telnet on
your controller in order to access the CLI via a Telnet session.
When entering commands remember that:
l commands are not case sensitive
l the space bar or tab key completes your partial keyword
l the backspace key erases your entry one letter at a time
l the question mark ( ? ) lists available commands and options
Remote Telnet or SSH Session from the Controller
Starting from ArubaOS 6.5, an administrator can initiate a remote telnet or SSH session from the controller to a
remote host. The host can be a controller or a non-Dell host.
This feature is supported from the SSH session of the controller.
To initiate a telnet session from the controller to a remote host:
1. Initiate an SSH session to the controller.
2. In the enable mode, execute the telnet <user> <remote-host> [<port-num>] command.
user: User name of the remote host.
remote-host: IPv4 or IPv6 address of the remote host.
port-num: Telnet port number of the remote host. This is an optional parameter.
3. Once successfully connected, the remote host prompts the credentials. Enter the remote host credentials.
To initiate an SSH session from the controller to a remote host:
1. Initiate an SSH session to the controller.
2. In the enable mode, execute the ssh <user-at-host> command.
user-at-host: Username and IPv4 or IPv6 address of the remote host in the user@host format.
Once successfully connected, the remote host prompts the credentials.
3. Enter the remote host credentials.
To end the remote host session, execute the exit command. The remote host displays the following message:
(remote-host) #exit
Connection closed by foreign host.
(host)#
Limitations
This feature has few limitations. They are:
l This feature is supported from the SSH session of the controller only.
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