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INTEGRATING AN SSH CLIENT
By default, Network Director allows you to launch web and Telnet
management against any device which supports these administration
interfaces.
Network Director also has built-in support for other management
applications supported by specific device types (see Chapter 12
for more
information).
Network Director does not include any default support for devices which
support SSH (Secure SHell) administration. However, you can integrate
your own SSH client into Network Director by doing the following:
1 Locate the following file on your disk:
<Installation Directory>\SSHClient.properties
2 Follow the instructions at the top of this file.
Once your client is integrated, the option SSH Management... will
appear on the pull-right menu for all devices on your map.
Network Director will call your client with a single command line
parameter: the target device's IP address.
If your SSH client expects multiple parameters, or expects the client's IP
address to be passed with additional command line options, you can
achieve this by:
■ instead of specifying the SSH client's name directly in
SSHClient.properties, specify a batch file instead.
■ in your batch file, you can call your client with any additional options
or parameters that you wish. The client's IP address will be available
within your batch file as %1%.