This topic describes how to access an engine using a
secure shell (SSH) from the master console.
Prerequisites
Before accessing an engine using SSH, the following requirements
must be met:
- You must have a SAN File System administrative user account to sign on
to the SAN File System console.
- You must have a UNIX-based operating system account on the engine to be
accessed for use in signing on to the SSH session.
- If the service representative is accessing the master console
remotely, you must have previously initiated a VPN connection with the service
representative.
Context
To access the engine using SSH, perform the following steps:
Steps
- From the master console, use one of these methods to access the
engine:
- Open a shell prompt and type putty.exe -ssh engine_IP_address,
where engine_IP_address is the IP address of the engine to be accessed.
Note: If you used SSH to establish a remote session with the master
console, type this command from that session to establish an SSH session between
the master console and the engine.
- Click .
- Type the IP address of the engine to be accessed.
- Select SSH as the protocol.
- Click Open.
- Log in using your UNIX-based user ID and password.
Result
After connecting to the engine, you can perform these activities:
- You can access the SAN File System administrative command-line interface
(CLI) to run SAN File System commands. Use these commands to manage engines,
metadata servers, and administrative servers.
- You can access operating-system commands to enable or disable tracing,
obtain dumps, and stop or start applications.