Telnet and SSH
You can access the control console through Telnet or Secure SHell (SSH), depending on which is enabled. (On the Administration tab, select Network on the top menu bar and select Access under the Console heading on the left navigation menu to enable these access methods.) By default, Telnet is enabled. Enabling SSH automatically disables Telnet.
Telnet for basic access. Telnet provides the basic security of authentication by user name and password, but not the
1.At a command prompt, use the following command line, and press ENTER:
telnet address
As address, use the PDU’s IP address or DNS name (if configured).
2.Enter the user name and password (by default, apc and apc for an Administrator, or device and apc for a Device Manager).
SSH for
The interface, user accounts, and user access rights are the same whether you access the control console through SSH or Telnet, but to use SSH, you must first configure SSH and have an SSH client program installed on your computer.
See also
SNMP
See the User’s Guide for more information on configuring and using SSH.
After you add the PowerNet MIB to a standard SNMP MIB browser, you can use that browser for SNMP access to the PDU. The default read community name is public; the default read/write community name is private.
To use InfraStruXure Manager to manage a PDU on the public network of an InfraStruXure system, you must have SNMP enabled in the PDU interface.
To enable or disable SNMP access, you must be an Administrator. Select the Administrator tab, select the Network menu on the top menu bar, and use the access option under SNMP on the left navigation menu.
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