Cisco IDS-4230-FE - Intrusion Detection Sys Fast Ethernet Sensor Installation And Configuration Manual page 35

Chapter 1 Introducing the Sensor
Be sure to properly close a terminal session to avoid unauthorized access to the
Step 3
appliance.
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.
Tip
If a connection is dropped or terminated by accident, you should reestablish the
Caution
connection and exit normally to prevent unauthorized access to the appliance.
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Output is directed to the serial port. Use the no display-serial command to
redirect output to the keyboard/monitor.
You can set up a terminal server and use the IDS CLI display-serial
Note
command to direct all output from the appliance to the serial port.
This option enables you to 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/monitor connection is disabled. However, BIOS and POST
messages are still displayed on the local keyboard/monitor.
There is only one console port on an IDS-4215, IPS-4240, and
Note
IPS-4255; therefore, the display-serial and no display-serial
commands do not apply to those platforms.
Always exit your session and return to a login prompt before terminating
the application used to establish the connection.
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