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: