If you use Telnet to establish a connection to the switch, you must specify the IP address or
host name of the device that you want to connect to. Check the user manual supplied with
the Telnet facility if you are unsure of how to do this.

After the connection is established, you see the switch prompt and you can log in.

The same is true if you use the switch to connect to another host. From the CLI, you must
specify the IP address or host name of the device that you want to connect to. If the host is
accessible and you are allowed access, you may log in.

For more information about using the Telnet client on the switch, see

Connecting to Another

Host Using Telnet

on page 56.

About the Telnet Server

Any workstation with a Telnet facility should be able to communicate with the switch over a
TCP/IP network using VT100 terminal emulation.

Up to eight active Telnet sessions can access the switch concurrently. If you enable the idle
timer using the

enable idletimeout

command, the Telnet connection times out after 20

minutes of inactivity by default. If a connection to a Telnet session is lost inadvertently, the
switch terminates the session within two hours.

The switch accepts IPv6 connections.

For information about the Telnet server on the switch, see the following sections:

• Configuring Telnet Access to the Switch

on page 58

• Disconnecting a Telnet Session

on page 62