telnet
Establishes a Telnet session to a remote networking device.
Syntax
telnet
IP_address
[
port-number
port_number
]
[
vrf
name
]
telnet
hostname
}
[
port-number
port_number
]
[
interface
{
ethernet
slot/port
}
|
management
|
{ve
number
}
]
[
vrf
name
]
Command Default
The default port is 23.
Parameters
-
IP_address
- The server IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.
- port-number
port
- Specifies the port number in the remote device to connect to. Range is from 0 through 65535. For the connection to succeed, a TCP server must be listening for client connections at the specified port.
- vrf
vrf-name
- Specifies a VRF instance. See the Usage Guidelines.
-
hostname
- Specifies the host name which is a string between 1 and 63 ASCII characters in length.
- port-number
port
- Specifies the port number in the remote device to connect to. Range is from 0 through 65535. For the connection to succeed, a TCP server must be listening for client connections at the specified port.
-
interface
- Specifies an interface.
-
ethernet
slot/port
- Specified the Ethernet interface slot and port number.
- management
- Specifies the management interface.
- ve
VE-id
- Specifies the VE interface number.
Modes
Privileged EXEC mode
Usage Guidelines
You can override the default port. However, the device must be listening on this port for the connection to succeed.
The following features are not supported:
- Display Telnet sessions
- Ability to terminate hung Telnet sessions
Examples
The following example establishes a Telnet connection to a remote device.
device# telnet 10.20.51.68 vrf mgmt-vrf
