User`s guide

Configuring Devices and Device Interfaces
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7800-A2-GB26-80
May 1999
Starting a Telnet Session
A Telnet session opens a separate terminal window, which you can use to access
a devices’ craft interface. From the craft interface, you can perform various
operations on a device as documented in the user documentation for that device.
A Telnet session is started from a Device Display window or the OpenView
submap. The following procedures describe how to start a Telnet session from
either a Device Display or OpenView.
" Procedure
To start a Telnet session from the Device Display, use one of the following
methods:
H Click on the Connect button located on the toolbar.
H Click on the Configuration menu and select Connect.
By default, a Telnet session that is started through the Device Display opens a
dtterm terminal interface, which is included with the Common Desktop
Environment (CDE). To change this default to an xterm terminal interface, edit
the /opt/OV/att/attGEM/GEMDD.res file (or
/usr/OV/att/attGEM/GEMDD.res file on AIX) and change the command
parameter attGEMdd*dtterm to attGEMdd*xterm.
" Procedure
To initiate a Telnet session from an OpenView submap:
1. Select a device icon within an OpenView submap.
2. Click on the Misc menu and select Terminal Connection . A submenu is
displayed
.
3. Select Telnet from the submenu. The craft interface for the device you
selected is displayed. For example, the following Telnet window is for a 9265
device.