Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (August 2002)

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3 Telnet Service
With the release of version C.55.00 of MPE/iX, Telnet server functionality is available to HP e3000 customers.
The Telnet server allows users on a remote system that supports the TCP/IP and Telnet protocols to log on
and run applications on the HP e3000. The Telnet client, which was first made available on version C.50.00 of
MPE/iX, gives users on an HP e3000 direct access to other systems that support Telnet and TCP/IP.
This chapter describes:
• How to verify the installation of the Telnet files
• How to edit the inetd configuration file and the services file to configure the Telnet server.
• How to start the Telnet server once the product has been configured.
• How to troubleshoot problems that arise with Telnet
• Implementation differences between Telnet for MPE/iX and Telnet for HP-UX.
Before release C.55.00, the capability to receive incoming Telnet connections on the HP e3000 was only
available with DTC Telnet access. The HP e3000 processed such connections via a DTC configured with a
Telnet Access Card (TAC) using PC-based management software. HP e3000 customers can continue to use
DTC Telnet access, particularly if the level of Telnet traffic places a heavy load on the processing capacity of
the host HP e3000’s CPU.
NOTE Online information about the Telnet client and server is available in the ASCII file
TELNTDOC.ARPA.SYS.