Establishing and Terminating a TL1 Command Session

It is assumed that you have a Linux/Unix environment for performing the procedure in this section. Alternatively, putty.exe can be used in a Windows environment to secure SSH.

The following sections describe the steps to establish a TL1 connection, activate and deactivate a TL1 command user session, and end a TL1 connection.

Connection to a Ribbon DSC 8000

A TL1 connection can be established to this system from any terminal using an SSH tunnel that is connected to the

• shared IP interface on the Management CPU cards (either slot 2 or 13 using p19p1.3:0 and p19p2.5:0, respectively)
  
  
• unique IP interface on the Management CPU card in Slot 2 (p19p1.3)
  
  
• unique IP interface on the Management CPU card in Slot 13 (p19p2.5)

A tunnel creates a port on the client OS (port 8888) that connects to the TL1 port on the Ribbon DSC (port 6669). After the SSH tunnel has been created, a TL1 session can be established using Telnet which connects to the local host of the client on port 8888.

Establish a TL1 Connection

The procedure for establishing a TL1 connection is as follows:

1. Open a console and create an SSH tunnel between client port 8888 and the Ribbon Signaling System TL1 port 6669 using the following command.

   ssh -L 8888:localhost:6669 tl1@<ip_address> 

   where ip_address is the IP address of the Ribbon Signaling System.

2. Open a new console and use telnet to establish a TL1 connection.

   telnet localhost 8888

Use the appropriate IP addresses for these interfaces.

Activate and Terminate a TL1 User Session

After establishing a Telnet session to port 6669 for TL1, initiate a TL1 user session with the following command:

ACT-USER::<username>:[CTAG]::<password>;

To end a TL1 user session, use the following command:

CANC-USER::<username>:[CTAG];

To configure the username and password for a TL1 user, see the appropriate section in the DSC - SP2000 Platform Manager User Guide.

Terminate a TL1 Connection

To terminate a TL1 connection, use the following procedure.

1. In the console showing the TL1 command prompt, type the following command:

   QUIT;