Logging In To Idsm-2 - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Logging In to IDSM-2

Be sure to properly close a terminal session to avoid unauthorized access to the appliance.
Step 3
If a terminal session is not stopped properly, that is, if it does not receive an exit(0) signal from the
application that initiated the session, the terminal session can remain open. When terminal sessions are
not stopped properly, authentication is not performed on the next session that is opened on the serial port.
Always exit your session and return to a login prompt before terminating the application used to establish
Caution
the connection.
If a connection is dropped or terminated by accident, you should reestablish the connection and exit
Caution
normally to prevent unauthorized access to the appliance.
Logging In to IDSM-2
You can log in to IDSM-2 from the switch.
You must initialize the sensor (run the setup command) from the switch. After networking is configured,
Note
SSH and Telnet are available.
To session to IDSM-2, follow these steps
Session to IDSM-2 from the switch:
Step 1
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You can set up a terminal server and use the display-serial command to direct all output
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from the appliance to the serial port. This option lets you view system messages on a console
connected to the serial port, even during the boot process. When you use this option, all
output is directed to the serial port and any local keyboard and monitor connection is
disabled. However, BIOS and POST messages are still displayed on the local keyboard and
monitor.
There is only one console port on an IDS-4215, IPS-4240, and IPS-4255; therefore, the
Note
display-serial and no display-serial commands do not apply to those platforms.
For Catalyst Software:
cat6k>(enable) session slot_number
For Cisco IOS software:
router# session slot_number processor 1
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