How do I open an SSH or Telnet session with an NE?

Purpose

You can use the NSP to open an SSH or Telnet session with an NE in a browser window. You can open a session from an alarm entry or NE tile in any view. You can only open a session with NEs that are managed using the NFM-P or MDM.

Note: The NSP supports up to 100 concurrent NE sessions. Opening a session with an NE requires that your user privileges include execute permission for the selected NE. See your network administrator for more information.

Steps
 
1 

Perform one of the following:

  1. To open a session from the Unhealthy NEs view, click Show More png5.png, Open in NE Session.

  2. To open a session from any alarm list, click (Table row actions) png5.png, Open in NE Session.

An NE session form opens in a new tab.

2 

Select the type of session in the drop-down list, if required, and click CONNECT. NEs that are managed using MDM only use the session type configured in the CLI mediation policy. For SSH sessions with nodes managed using the NFM-P, a Login window appears.

3 

Enter the username and password for the NE in the Login window for a SSH session, or in the terminal window for a Telnet session.

4 

Click the Theme toggle to switch the appearance of the session to black text on a white background.

5 

Click DISCONNECT when your session is finished to log out and close the session.

Note: You can click CONNECT to open the session again, or enter an IP address in the IP field and click CONNECT to open another session with a different NE.

End of steps