Connecting to Another Host

You can connect the SunVTS user interface on your local system to a SunVTS kernel that is running on another system in your network. Once you are connected to the remote system, all of the controls in the CDE UI control the testing of the remote system.

To Connect to Another Host

1. Make sure that the SunVTS kernel is running on the remote system.

   You can do this in several ways. You can remote login (using rlogin or telnet) to the remote system and run the vtsk command.

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   On the remote system, you must login (or switch user) as a user that has SunVTS privileges (superuser by default) before you can start the SunVTS kernel (vtsk).

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   You can only connect to a system running the same version of SunVTS.

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2. On the local system (the system running the SunVTS UI), click on the Connect to Host button.

   The Connect to Host dialog box is displayed.

3. Specify the name of the remote system to which you want to connect.

   Enter the hostname in the Connect to Host field. As you connect to various remote systems, SunVTS keeps track of those systems and displays them in the Hostname List. You can reconnect to one of those hosts by double-clicking on the host name in this list. This list is only maintained during your current SunVTS session. When you quit SunVTS, the Hostname List is cleared.

   Any number of UIs can connect to a SunVTS kernel and each UI displays a synchronous view of SunVTS.

4. Click Apply in the Connect to Host dialog box.

   The SunVTS UI now controls the SunVTS testing of the remote system. The remote system hostname is displayed in the Status panel, confirming the connection.