Cabletron Systems CyberSWITCH CSX150 User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE530 CyberSWITCHThe possible send parameters are defined as follows:send aytThesend ayt command sends the Telnet command function for “Are You There?” to thetarget host. This can be used to determine whether or not the target host is still responding.The target host is not required to respond to “are you there?" requests, but if it does, youshould see something like the following:send breakThe “send break” command sends the Telnet command function for “BREAK” to the targethost. This can be used to interrupt the current command in progress on the target host. Forexample: If the target host is currently streaming out a large directory listing, you can issuethesend break command to terminate the directory command. Once again, thisfunctionality is dependent upon the target host’s processing of the “BREAK” controlfunction.send escapeThesend escape command sends the current escape character for the Telnet session. Ifthe connection between the local terminal and the remote server is made up of more than1 individual Telnet connection, this command may be used to “escape” into commandmode of one of the intermediate Telnet connections.send synchThesend synch command sends the Telnet “SYNCH” signal (the “DM” control functionas TCP urgent data) to the target host. This command may be useful when trying correct asituation where the target host appears to be in an atypical state of processing.setTheset command can be used to set certain operating parameters for the current Telnetsession. The format of theset command isset ; where <name> is theparameter to be set, and <value> is what the parameter should be set equal to.If no parameters are specified on the “set” command line (or if “set?” is entered), thefollowing help message is displayed:Theset escape command can be used to change the “escape” character for the currentTelnet session. This command may be useful when a device is connected to a target host,using several different Telnet connections. By changing the escape character to a valueother than the default (), the user can return to Telnet “command” mode for aparticular session.Typically, Telnet “escape” characters have the form ‘‘ (i.e., the CTRL key +some other key must be pressed). The parameter for the “set escape” commandmay have any of the following values:[System Name]>send ayt[Yes][System Name]>setAvailable set commands:escape - Character used to escape back to TELNET command mode.? - Display this help information.