Interface Access and System Information

Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Inbound Telnet

To disable inbound Telnet access:

ProCurve(config)# no telnet-server

To re-enable inbound Telnet access:

ProCurve(config)# telnet-server

Outbound Telnet to Another Device. This feature operates indepen­

dently of the telnet-server status and enables you to Telnet to another device that has an IP address.

Syntax: telnet <ipv4-addr ipv6-addr hostname switch-num>

Initiates an outbound telnet session to another network device. The destination can be specified as:

IPv4 address

IPv6 address

Hostname

Stack number of a member switch (1-16) if the switch is a commander in a stack and stacking is enabled

For example, if the host “Labswitch” is in the domain abc.com, you can enter the following command and the destination is resolved to “Labswitch.abc.com”.

ProCurve(config)# telnet Labswitch

You can also enter the full domain name in the command:

ProCurve(config)# telnet Labswitch.abc.com

You can use the show telnet command to display the resolved IP address.

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