console

Access: Administrator only

Description: Define whether users can access the command line interface using Telnet, which is enabled by default, or Secure SHell (SSH), which provides protection by transmitting user names, passwords, and data in encrypted form. You can change the Telnet or SSH port setting for additional security. Alternately, disable network access to the command line interface.

Option

Argument

Description

 

 

 

-S

disable telnet ssh

Configure access to the command line interface, or use the disable

 

 

command to prevent access. Enabling SSH enables SCP and disables Telnet.

-pt

<telnet port n>

Define the Telnet port used to communicate with the Rack PDU (23 by

 

 

default).

 

 

 

-ps

<SSH port n>

Define the SSH port used to communicate with the Rack PDU (22 by

 

 

default).

 

 

 

-b

2400 9600 19200

Configure the speed of the serial port connection (9600 bps by default).

 

38400

 

 

 

 

Example 1: To enable SSH access to the command line interface, type:

console -S ssh

Example 2: To change the Telnet port to 5000, type:

console -pt 5000

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AP89XX, AP8941 specifications

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