To enable the Teletype Network (Telnet) service on the switch, use the ip telnet server Global Configuration mode command. The switch can be configured from a SSH server or Telnet (or both). To control the. Definaion: Telnet is a network protocol, that allows you to gain remote access to your devices. First of all, we will check our interface IPs by running show ip interface brief and choose an interface for telnet. Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol You can see interface gig0/0 to gig0/2. This article explains how to Enable/Disable Telnet/SSH in DELL OS10 switches. By default Telnet server is disabled in OS10 switches.