Login Methods; User Interface Overview - HP A7500 Series Configuration Manual

Login methods

Login methods
You can log in to the switch in the following ways.
Table 7 Login methods
Login method
CLI login
NMS login

User interface overview

A user interface, also called line, enables you to manage and monitor sessions between the terminal and
the device when you log in to the device through the console port, Telnet or SSH.
Default state
Logging in By default, you can log in to a device through the console port, the
through the authentication mode is None (no username or password required), and the
console port user privilege level is 3.
By default, you cannot log in to a device through Telnet. To do so, log in to the
device through the console port, and complete the following configuration:
•
Enable the Telnet function.
•
Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface, and make sure that your
Logging in
device and the Telnet client can reach each other (by default, the device
through Telnet
does not have an IP address.).
•
Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users (password by
default).
•
Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).
By default, you cannot log in to a device through SSH. To do so, log in to the
device through the console port, and complete the following configuration:
•
Enable the SSH function and configure SSH attributes.
•
Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface, and make sure that your
Logging in
device and the SSH client can reach each other (by default, your device
through SSH
does not have an IP address.).
•
Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users as scheme
(password by default).
•
Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).
Logging in
By default, you can log in to a device through modems. The default user
through
privilege level of modem login users is 3.
modems
By default, you cannot log in to a device through a network management
system (NMS). To do so, log in to the device through the console port, and
complete the following configuration:
•
Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface, and make sure the device
and the NMS can reach each other (by default, your device does not have
an IP address.).
•
Configure SNMP basic parameters.
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