User's Manual

To connect to an appliance console using the Linux or Unix SSH command, enter a
command in the following format:
<username>:<appliance name:>@<host name or IP address of Rack Power Manager
server>
For example, a command to open an SSH session to an appliance console may look
like this:
ssh -p 412 2 zone1/jsmith:zone2/ACS_ La b:@ 1 72.30.19.101
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 Rack Power Manager server specified in
See "To connect to a target device or appliance console, open your SSH client and enter
the following values in the provided text fields:" on page 170.
-or-
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 Rack Power Manager
server. If the user is valid, the Rack Power Manager 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 Rack Power Manager 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
Rack Power Manager software database, and the port must be the exact port number that
appears in the Units view in the Rack Power Manager 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 Rack Power Manager server
To connect to a target device with multiple connections using the Linux or Unix SSH
command, enter a command in the following format:
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