Telnet

Telnet allows access to management functions on a remote networking device. Unlike SSH, Telnet does not provide a secure, encrypted connection to the device.

Telnet support is available in privileged EXEC mode on all Extreme platforms. The device supports a combined maximum (SSH, Telnet, and serial) of 32 non-root CLI sessions. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported. Root users have another five dedicated sessions.

The Telnet service is enabled by default on the device. When the Telnet server is disabled, existing inbound Telnet connections are terminated and access to the device by additional inbound connections is not allowed until the Telnet server is re-enabled. If you have admin privileges, you can disable and re-enable inbound Telnet connections from global configuration mode.

Note

Outgoing Telnet connections from the device to any remote device are not affected by disabling or enabling the Telnet server in the device.

Note

When using Telnet, the root ID is blocked and you cannot login as root. Use root enable command to enable root ID.