Opening A Telnet Session


During firmware installation, having a Telnet session window open allows you to view all of the network element’s event-generated responses including those associated with firmware installation.

Note: The Telnet session window is for reference only and is not a requirement for firmware installation, but you must open the Telnet session before starting the firmware upload procedure to view the firmware upload and installation progress.

Note: The procedure described here for opening a Telnet session applies to TCP/IP only. To open a second monitoring session using RS-232, you must open an ICS terminal session with a second serial connection.

Use the following procedure to open a Telnet session to provide a view of the firmware upload progress:

  1. Click Tools on the application menu bar.

  1. Click Telnet from the drop-down menu to open a Telnet session window as shown below.

  2. At the Username prompt, type  an administrator username and press Enter.

  3. At the Password prompt, type an administrator password and press Enter

Note: The Telnet session window displays responses to commands sent to the currently connected network element.