Promise Technology 15110 Set Up Telnet Connection, Enable Telnet on VTrak, Windows and Linux

Chapter 2: Installation

Set Up Telnet Connection

A Telnet connection allows you to access VTrak’s CLU over the network. This allows RAID management over a greater distance from the VTrak itself.

This procedure is required for a Host PC that does not have an available RS-232 serial port.

The CLU screen looks and works exactly the same over a Telnet connection as it does over a serial connection.

Enable Telnet on VTrak

Telnet is the means of using the CLU over a network connection. VTrak’s Telnet service is disabled by default. Follow these instructions to enable Telnet.

Windows and Linux

1.Connect the RS-232 cable between the Host PC and VTrak. Refer to Step 7 on page 25 for the RS-232 settings and setup.

2.Launch HyperTerminal or Minicom.

3.In the CLU Main Menu, select Network Management > Telnet and choose Enable/disable Telnet.

This action enables the Telnet support.

Mac OS X

Since the Macintosh has no RS-232 port, you will enable the Telnet service through the network using a Telnet utility.

1.Download the Promise Telnet utility for Mac, file name telnetenable.bin and copy it to a convenient folder.

2.Open a Terminal window.

3.Change the file mode of telnetenable.bin to executable (example: chmod 777 telnetenable).

4.Ping the VTrak box over the network to be sure it is connected (example: ping 10.0.0.2).

VTrak’s default Management port IP address is 10.0.0.2.

If the VTrak does not respond, take the necessary action to establish a network connection.

5.Launch the Telnet utility, and run telnetenable [IP address of the VTrak].

6.When you see “Telnet port enabled”, run telnet IP-address 2300.

Use ./telnetenable IP-addressto enable the telnet port and ./telnetenable IP-address 0 to disable it.

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