11.2 Configure a telnet or SSH client for the browser on Windows

Configure the telnet command provided by the operating system for an NNMi user's Web browser. This procedure must be performed for each computer and Web browser from which an NNMi user needs to run the Actions > Node Access > Telnet... (from client) menu item.

Configure a third-party SSH command for an NNMi user's Web browser. This procedure must be performed for each computer and Web browser from which an NNMi user needs to run the Actions > Node Access > Secure Shell... (from client) menu item.

To complete any of the procedures in this section, you must have administrative privileges on the computer. The specific steps depend on the version (32-bit or 64-bit) of the browser and the operating system.

To determine the version of Internet Explorer, click Help, and then About Internet Explorer. If the version information does not include the text 64-bit Edition, this Internet Explorer is 32-bit.

Only Microsoft Edge Chromium version is supported. To determine the version of Microsoft Edge, click the Settings and more button, click the Help and Feedback, and then click the About Microsoft Edge. If the version information includesthe following sentence, this Microsoft Edge is Chromium edition.“This browser is made possible by the Chromium open source project and other open source software.”

Firefox is available only in a 32-bit version.

The following table identifies the procedure to use for each browser and operating system combination.

Table 11‒1: Matrix of telnet and SSH configuration procedures on Windows
Web browser	Windows operating system architecture	Applicable procedures
Internet Explorer 32-bit	32-bit	11.2.1 Windows operating system-provided telnet client 11.2.2 Third-party telnet client (standard Windows) 11.2.4 Third-party SSH client (standard Windows and Windows on Windows)
	64-bit Windows 7, Windows 10	11.2.2 Third-party telnet client (standard Windows) 11.2.4 Third-party SSH client (standard Windows and Windows on Windows)
	64-bit other than Windows 7 or Windows 10	11.2.3 Third-party telnet client (Windows on Windows) 11.2.4 Third-party SSH client (standard Windows and Windows on Windows)
Internet Explorer 64-bit	64-bit	11.2.1 Windows operating system-provided telnet client 11.2.2 Third-party telnet client (standard Windows) 11.2.4 Third-party SSH client (standard Windows and Windows on Windows)
Microsoft Edge	64-bit	11.2.1 Windows operating system-provided telnet client 11.2.2 Third-party telnet client (standard Windows) 11.2.4 Third-party SSH client (standard Windows and Windows on Windows)
Firefox	32-bit	11.2.1 Windows operating system-provided telnet client 11.2.2 Third-party telnet client (standard Windows) 11.2.4 Third-party SSH client (standard Windows and Windows on Windows)
	64-bit Windows 7, Windows 10	11.2.2 Third-party telnet client (standard Windows) 11.2.4 Third-party SSH client (standard Windows and Windows on Windows)
	64-bit other than Windows 7 or Windows 10	11.2.3 Third-party telnet client (Windows on Windows) 11.2.4 Third-party SSH client (standard Windows and Windows on Windows)

Many of the tasks in this section involve editing the Windows registry. As an alternative to editing the registry directly, you can create a .reg file that can be run on each user's system. For example .reg files, see 11.4 Example files for changing the Windows registry.

For details about the tasks described in this section, see the following Microsoft articles:

Installing the Microsoft-provided telnet client:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771275%28WS.10%29.aspx
Introduction to the Windows registry:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986
Backing up and restoring the Windows registry:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

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