Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (July 2001)

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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.