Accessing a filer from the console or a Telnet session

Background information

You need to understand the following information before you access the filer through the console or a Telnet session:

The console and Telnet share a single session. Commands typed at either location are echoed to the other location. Messages are displayed at both locations.
You can abort commands entered at the console or through a Telnet session by pressing Ctrl-C.
Note
Because the console and a Telnet session share a single session, pressing Ctrl-C aborts the current command regardless of where the command was entered. You can prevent commands from being aborted at the console or through a Telnet session by using the rsh command to initiate commands from an administration host.
Only one Telnet session can be active at a time.

To access a filer from a console that is attached by a cable to the filer's serial port, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Press Enter on the console. Result The filer responds with the login or password prompt.
2	If the filer displays the login prompt, do one of the following: To access the filer with the system account, enter the following account name: root To access the filer with an alternative administrative user account, enter the following: *username* username is the administrative user account. Result The filer responds with the password prompt.
3	Enter the password for the root or administrative user account. Note If no password is defined for the account, press Enter.

Step

Action

Press Enter on the console.

The filer responds with the login or password prompt.

If the filer displays the login prompt, do one of the following:

To access the filer with the system account, enter the following account name:
```
root
```
To access the filer with an alternative administrative user account, enter the following:
```
username
```
username is the administrative user account.

The filer responds with the password prompt.

Enter the password for the root or administrative user account.

Note
If no password is defined for the account, press Enter.

To access a filer from an NFS client or a CIFS client through a Telnet session, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Open a Telnet session on a client. Note The client from which you run Telnet must be listed in the filer /etc/hosts file.
2	Connect to the filer using its host name.
3	If the filer displays the login prompt, do one of the following: To access the filer with the system account, enter the following account name: root To access the filer with an alternative administrative user account, enter the following: *username* username is the administrative user account. Result The filer responds with the password prompt.
4	Enter the password for the root or administrative user account. Note If no password is defined for the account, press Enter.

To terminate a Telnet session with a filer, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Press Ctrl-] or enter `logout telnet` to log out of the filer, or press Ctrl-D to close the Telnet session. Note You can use the `logout telnet` command from either the filer console or a Remote Shell connection.
2	Close the Telnet client.

Step

Action

Press Ctrl-] or enter logout telnet to log out of the filer, or press Ctrl-D to close the Telnet session.

Note
You can use the logout telnet command from either the filer console or a Remote Shell connection.

Close the Telnet client.