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Working in a Telnet or SSH session

After you complete the procedure for opening the Telnet or SSH session, as described in Opening-a-Telnet-or-SSH-session, the Telnet/SSH Session page opens. You can type commands and traverse menus to directly interact with the device.

Telnet_SampleCommand.png

In the Telnet/SSH Session page, you can type commands, copy text into the clipboard by using Ctrl + C, and paste text from the clipboard using Ctrl + V, like in any other terminal emulation program. TrueSight Network Automation captures the session command/response interaction in the Job Details Transcript.

Warning

To ensure that the Telnet/SSH session functions correctly within the browser, the browser must allow pop-up windows. Some browsers block pop-ups by default.

Click End Session to terminate the session. TrueSight Network Automation takes a snapshot of the configuration for archiving (if changes were made) and displays a side-by-side comparison of the configuration before and after the session in the Job Summary.

Limitations

The Telnet/SSH Session interaction panel exhibits a few glitches which might interfere with your ability to interact with a device:

  • While using the Edge web browser, pasting into the window pastes the text twice. You can still paste, but then use the backspace key to delete the extra text.
  • Some VT100 escape sequences can cause the cursor to fail to appear at a prompt. (Some devices emit VT100 escape sequences even on seemingly plain command line interfaces.) You can still type commands, even if the cursor is invisible.
  • Browsers grab Ctrl + T (new tab), Ctrl + N (new window), and Ctrl + W (close tab) keystrokes. You cannot use these keystrokes for command line editing.

To display the Job details transcript

Note

To view the Telnet/SSH Session Job Details in the Job list, you must modify the Jobs list filter to include Telnet/SSH Sessions, as by default they are not included.

  1. On the Jobs page (Network > Actions > Jobs), on the row of the relevant Job, click Icon_View.png.

    The Jobs Details report is displayed:

    Telnet_JobDetails.png
  2. To display the Telnet/SSH transcript, click the Succeeded link in the Status column.

    Telnet_SessionDetails.png
  3. If you want to view side-by-side differences to the Running configuration (assuming changes were made), select the View Job Summary Report link.

 

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