Terminal adapters

A terminal adapter is a communication or an interface between a computer and an integrated services digital network line. The adapter enables you to host multiple client sessions simultaneously.

Base adapters that share some common features and functionality and are classified as terminal type adapters are:

  • File
  • Command Line
  • SSH
  • Kerberized SSH
  • Telnet
  • SCP
  • FTP
  • SFTP
  • PowerShell

Terminal adapters feature overview table

The following table provides a quick reference of the features available for each terminal adapter:

Terminal adapter feature overview

Note

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The following sections provide an overview of the terminal adapters. The sections also list the operations and the requests and responses for each of those adapters.

 

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