Nortel Networks 4050 manual Connecting to the Nortel Snas, Establishing a console connection

770Chapter 16 The Command Line Interface

When using a Telnet or SSH client to connect to a cluster of Nortel SNAS 4050 devices, always connect to the Management IP address (MIP). Configuration changes are automatically propagated to all members of the cluster. However, to use the /boot/halt, /boot/reboot, or /boot/delete commands, connect to the Real IP address (RIP) of the particular Nortel SNAS 4050 device on which you want to perform these commands, or connect to that Nortel SNAS 4050 with a console connection.

Connecting to the Nortel SNAS 4050

You can access the CLI in two ways:

•using a console connection through the console port (see “Establishing a console connection” on page 770)

•using a Telnet connection or SSH connection over the network (see “Establishing a Telnet connection” on page 772 or “Establishing a connection using SSH” on page 773)

Establishing a console connection

Use a console connection to perform the initial setup and when reinstalling the Nortel SNAS 4050 software as the boot user. You must also use a console connection when logging in as root user for advanced troubleshooting purposes.

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