H3C S5500-HI Series Fundamentals Configuration Manual page 50

By default, you can log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user
privilege level 3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration,
see "Configuration
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure password authentication for Telnet login:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable Telnet
Enter one or multiple VTY user
interface views
Specify the password
authentication mode
Set the local password
Configure the user privilege level
for login users
Configure common settings for
VTY user interfaces
When you log in to the device through Telnet again, perform the following steps:
• You are required to enter the login password. A prompt such as <H3C> appears after you enter the
correct password and press Enter, as shown in
If "All user interfaces are used, please try later!" is displayed, it means the number of current
•
concurrent login users exceed the maximum. Please try later.
requirements."
Use the command...
system-view
telnet server enable
user-interface vty first-number
[ last-number ]
authentication-mode password
set authentication password { cipher |
simple } password
user privilege level level
—
Figure 14.
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Remarks
—
Required
By default, the Telnet service is
enabled.
—
Required
By default, authentication mode
for VTY user interfaces is
password.
Required
By default, no local password is
set.
Required
0 by default.
Optional
See "Configuring common
settings for VTY user interfaces
(optional)."