Multiple Ports for Use with Dell iDRAC, Fujitsu iRMC or HPE iLO Remote Console

To successfully access a remote system console, you may need to connect to multiple ports.

ButConnect is able to connect to multiple ports in a single session.
Multiple ports can be specified as lists, ranges and lists of ranges.
The mapping of the ports is based on the sequence of specifications for ‘remoteport’ and ‘localport’, so their order is relevant.

For instance:

[ILO]

        mode    = getaccess

        server  = <ssh_server>

        port    = <ssh_port>

        user    = <ssh_user>

        ident   = <ssh_key>

        rhost   = 192.168.1.234

        lhost   = 127.168.1.234

        rport   = 22-23, 80, 3002, 3389, 9300, 17988, 17990, 443

        lport   = 22-23, 80, 3002, 3389, 9300, 17988, 17990, 443

        start   = <browser>

        param   = "https://$LHOST:$LPORT"

(Only the last port entries can be referred to with ‘$RPORT’ or ‘$LPORT’.)

Connections to multiple hosts (and ports) are possible, too.

In that case, a one-by-one sequence of all involved remote and local hosts and ports is needed and its order also has to match.

For example:

[EXAMPLE]

        mode    = getaccess

        server  = <ssh_server>

        port    = <ssh_port>

        user    = <ssh_user>

        ident   = <ssh_key>

        rhost   = 172.16.0.80, 172.16.4.43

        rport   = 80, 443

        lhost   = 127.16.0.80, 127.16.4.43

        lport   = 8080, 8443

        start   = <browser>

(If the ports are the same for all hosts or if the hosts are the same for all ports, it is sufficient to specify them only once for ‘remote’ and ‘local’.)

It is also possible to map hosts to ports and vice versa.

Like this:

[THIS]

        mode    = getaccess

        server  = <ssh_server>

        port    = <ssh_port>

        user    = <ssh_user>

        ident   = <ssh_key>

        rhost   = 10.22.0.1, 10.22.0.2

        rport   = 22

        lhost   = 127.22.0.1

        lport   = 2201, 2202

        start   = <ssh_client>

... or that:

[THAT]

        mode    = getaccess

        server  = <ssh_server>

        port    = <ssh_port>

        user    = <ssh_user>

        ident   = <ssh_key>

        rhost   = 10.59.0.1

        rport   = 5901, 5902

        lhost   = 127.59.0.1, 127.59.0.2

        lport   = 5900

        start   = <vnc_viewer>

Here are some common port numbers for these purposes: