donna writes:

> Doug Werth wrote:
>
> > More explicitly, set up the telnet console server and access the console
> > from anywhere on your LAN/WAN or even the Internet if you desire.
>
> the what?  telnet console server?             - d

Actually its called the Guardian Service Processor. Basically it's an extra
10Base-T port on the back of the system that you connect to the network to
provide telnet access to the console port. It is documented in the 7.0
Communicator in an article titled "MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console"

Here is an excerpt of that article.


"GSP LAN Port

This port provides an independent LAN connection to the Core I/O card. This
port has its own IP node and telnet server. This port is configured with an
IP address, subnet mask and gateway address. When enabled, a connection is
established to the port via telnet from any telnet client. The GSP provides
the user and password protected logon. This is not a secure telnet
connection.

Once a user is logged on to the GSP, the user has the capability to perform
almost all of the same console tasks that are available from the local
console. This includes full startup and shutdown capability, remote power
on/off control, configure and control most GSP operations. The system can be
fully managed via a connection to this port. The physical LAN connection to
this port is completely independent from the general system LAN and cannot
be used to access other MPE functions.

GSP Features

The GSP provides the functionality to locally and remotely manage the system
console functions."


The only advantage the Secure Web Console has over this is built in
encryption (giving you the "Secure" part).  But the advantage of using your
own termulator to connect to the telnet part far and away makes it better
than the SWC terminal emulator applet.

Doug.

Doug Werth [log in to unmask]            Beechglen Development Inc.
Director of Technical Support Services             Cincinnati, Ohio
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