Accessing the local console of the Test Agent

Accessing a physical Test Agent locally means that you must either attach a keyboard and display or connect a serial cable. The latter method is required for certain preinstalled Test Agents. Virtual Test Agents, on the other hand, can be accessed through the console provided in the virtualized environment. Detailed instructions follow below.

Regardless of access method and Test Agent type, you log in as user “admin” using “admin” as password.

Note

The keyboard layout for all local console access is “standard American”. Please keep this in mind if you are using a different keyboard layout for local management.

Preinstalled Test Agent on HW Medium or HW Small

These devices can only be accessed through their serial port. A null modem serial cable (9-pin D-Sub, DB-9) therefore needs to be connected to the Test Agent.

The Test Agent adapts to the data transfer capabilities of the terminal emulator. The Test Agent first tries its default 38,400 baud data rate, which is recommended for communicating with the Test Agent. If the terminal emulator instead uses a 9,600 or 115,200 baud rate, the Test Agent will usually detect this automatically and switch to the correct rate. It might however be necessary to send a BREAK for the Test Agent to detect the new baud rate. See the documentation for your terminal emulator for information on how to send a BREAK.

The rest of the Test Agent serial port configuration is “8N1” (8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit).

Preinstalled Test Agent on HW Medium Plus or HW Large

To these devices you can connect a standard USB keyboard and VGA display.

Alternatively, these devices can be accessed via their serial port, as described above.

Test Agent installed on NFX150

Give the following command in the NFX150 CLI:

request virtual-network-function console testagent

Test Agent installed on custom hardware

Connect a standard USB or PS/2 keyboard and VGA display to the device where the Test Agent is running. Should this not be possible, access through the serial port is a fallback option here as well if the device has one.

Virtual Test Agent

Use the standard console on your virtualization management server to access the virtual machine where the virtual Test Agent is running.