Login Methods - HP A-F1000-E Getting Started Manual

Login methods

Login methods
HP Series High-End Firewalls support the following login methods:
Local login through the console port
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Remote login through an Ethernet port or through Telnet/SSH
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Remote login through the AUX port
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Login through the web interface
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• NMS login
In addition to these login methods, HP firewall modules also support login from the network device (a
switch or router) that accommodates the firewall module.
Table 1 Login methods
Login method
CLI login
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 user
console port 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:
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Enable the Telnet function.
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Configure the IP address of the management Ethernet interface of the device,
Logging in
and make sure that your device and the Telnet client can reach each other (by
through Telnet
default, the IP address of the management Ethernet interface is
192.168.0.1/24).
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Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users (scheme by default).
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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:
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Enable the SSH function and configure SSH attributes.
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Configure the IP address of the management Ethernet interface of the device,
Logging in and make sure that your device and the SSH client can reach each other (by
through SSH default, the IP address of the management Ethernet interface is
192.168.0.1/24).
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Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users as scheme (scheme by
default).
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Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).
By default, you cannot log in to a device through the AUX port. To do so, log in
to the device through the console port, and complete the following
configuration:
Logging in
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Configure the password for the default password authentication mode, or
through the
change the authentication mode and configure parameters for the new
AUX port
authentication mode.
The default user privilege level of AUX login users is 0.
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