Appendix A: Advanced Device Configuration
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Understanding How the OnBoard Manages Communications With Devices
Additional Reasons for Creating Custom Expect Scripts
The following table lists some of the reasons an administrator might want to
create a custom
Expect
script.
Table A-3:
Reasons for Customizing Expect Scripts
Purpose
Notes
Change the device access
method from
telnet
to
ssh
, or to some other
program.
Administrators would probably want to change the device
access method if devices must be connected to the public
ports on the OnBoard, because
telnet
is not encrypted.
See “Configuring SSH or Bidilink Instead of Telnet for
OnBoard to Device Connections” on page 20. Also see the
following files in the
Alternate_Access
directory:
• SSH_Access.txt
•
bidilink_Access.txt
In addition, see the notes in the following files in the
/
libexec/onboard
directory:
•
bidi_login.exp
•
ssh_login.exp
Interact with the web
interface of a service
processor
The
RSA_I.txt
file in the application notes
IBM
subdirectory and the
talk_rsa_I.exp
script address
accessing the RSA I web interface, and the instructions in
this file can be followed for accessing other device types’
web interfaces.
Add functionality to a
devconsole
-type script to
access additional features
available through a device’s
console, such as logging in
and reporting on the event
log, sensors, or performing
power functions.
See the
Devconsoles.txt
file in the application notes
Devconsoles
directory:
If the device console supports additional management
features, commands for the supported commands can be
added and the default devconsole script can be updated
with commands that use the supported command
interfaces.
Summary of Contents for AlterPath OnBoard
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