Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)

Configuring Telnet
Enabling the Telnet Server
By default, the Telnet server is enabled. You can disable the Telnet server on your Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
switch.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Disables the Telnet server. The default is
enabled.
switch(config)# feature telnet
Step 2
Reenabling the Telnet Server
If the Telnet server on your Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch has been disabled, you can reenable it.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Reenables the Telnet server.switch(config)# feature telnet
Step 1
Starting Telnet Sessions to Remote Devices
Before you start a Telnet session to connect to remote devices, you should do the following:
• Obtain the hostname for the remote device and, if needed, the user name on the remote device.
• Enable the Telnet server on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.
• Enable the Telnet server on the remote device.
To start Telnet sessions to connect to remote devices from your Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch, perform this
task:
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Creates a Telnet session to a remote device. The hostname
argument can be an IPv4 address, an IPv6 address, or a
device name.
switch# telnet hostname
Step 1
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Configuring SSH and Telnet
Configuring Telnet