telnet

The telnet command is used to connect to remote servers from the current device using the Telnet protocol. Before using the telnet command to connect to a Telnet server, the Telnet client and the Telnet server need to be route reachable, and the Telnet service must be enabled on the Telnet server side.

 

Command Syntax

  • From the ">" prompt, use the following format,

telnet {<ip-address>|<host-name>} [<port-number>] [vrf <vrf-name>]

  • From the "#" prompt, add run in front of the command,

run telnet {<ip-address>|<host-name>} [<port-number>] [vrf <vrf-name>]

 

Parameter

Parameter

Description

<ip-address>|<host-name>

Specifies the IPv4/IPv6 address or host name of a remote system.

<port-number>

Optional. Specifies the TCP port number on which the remote device provides Telnet service. The value is an integer that ranges from 1 to 65535. The default value is 23.

vrf <vrf-name>

Optional. Specifies a VRF name. The value is a string.

  • When a VRF name is specified, find the next hop routing information from the specified VRF domain.

  • When no VRF is specified, find the next hop routing information from the default VRF.

Example

  • Establish a Telnet connection with a remote device in default VRF.

admin@PICOS>  telnet 10.10.51.205 vrf mgmt-vrf Trying 10.10.51.205... Connected to 10.10.51.205. Escape character is '^]'. User Access Verification Username:
  • Establish a Telnet connection with a remote device in management VRF.

admin@PICOS>  telnet 10.10.51.25 vrf mgmt-vrf Trying 10.10.51.205... Connected to 10.10.51.205. Escape character is '^]'. User Access Verification Username:

 

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