Avocent 5240 Manuel D’Utilisation

 Chapter 1: Introduction        17

NOTE: An administrator may modify the menu options and commands shown in Table 1.12 so that you may be 
presented with a different menu of choices. 

When you select Access devices from the login menu shown in Table 1.12, the MergePoint 5224/
5240 SP manager shell, /usr/bin/spshell, displays a list of target devices you are authorized to 
access, as shown in the following example.

Select a device

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rack1_dev2_compaq_proliant_ilo

 rack1_dev1_ibm_e306_rsa

 au_rack1_dev1_ilo

 Exit

An administrative user can access a similar list of all target devices by entering 

 on 

the command line. A submenu lists the management actions available to the user. See Accessing 
Management Features From the User Shell Menu on page 22 for more details.

Both SSH v1 and SSH v2 services are supported on the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager. The 
administrator may disable either version; if only one version of SSH is enabled, authorized users 
can use only a client running the same version. 

If SSH is enabled, authorized users can use ssh in the following ways:

•

For accessing the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager console using an SSH client or the ssh 
command, then connecting through the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager to perform 
management actions. See Accessing the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP Manager’s Console on 
page 21.

•

Using the ssh command with special management commands to perform management actions 
without having to log into the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager first. See Management 
commands for use with the ssh command on page 18. See Accessing Management Features 
From the User Shell Menu on page 22 and Accessing the Console of a Target Device on 
page 24.

Change password

Allows the user to set a new password.

Logout

Logs the user out of the MergePoint 5224/5240 SP manager’s console.