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<zone1/username>:<zone2/appliance name:port>@<host name or IP address of
Rack Power Manager server>
4. The SSH client attempts to establish an SSH connection to the appliance or target device.
If a successful connection is established, the Rack Power Manager 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 174.
5. If the console port on the target device requires additional authentication, the user is
prompted to log in.
Escape key sequence
An escape key sequence is a combination of characters that can be sent to the Rack Power
Manager server to affect an SSH Passthrough or Emerson Session Viewer session. The default
escape sequence is ^Ec, which can be followed by an escape key to send a command to a
target device. Some escape key sequences are limited to only the user with read/write access.
In this chapter, the preset escape Sequence ^Ec is used in all examples to indicate the
configured escape sequence.
Table 14.1: Rack Power Manager Software - Supported SSH Passthrough Session Escape Keys
Escape
Keys
Description
Escape
Keys
Description
. Disconnect ? Print this message
a Attach read/write rights e
Change escape sequence [the preset
value is ^Ec]
l? Displays break sequence list* 0-9 Send specific break sequence*
r Replay last 30 lines of log <cr> Ignore/abort command
*Only users with read/write access can send these escape key sequences.
To modify the escape sequence:
From an SSH Passthrough session, enter the following command:
^Ece[new escape sequence]
For example: ^Ece^Ac changes the escape sequence from ^Ec to ^Ac.
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