Getting Started Guide

Figure 38 Accessing the CLI through the AUX port without authentication

Configuring password authentication for AUX login

Ste

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view N/A

2. Enter one or more AUX user

interface views.

user-interface aux first-number

[ last-number ]

N/A

3. Enable password

authentication.

authentication-mode password

By default, password

authentication is enabled but no

password is configured. To access

the device through the AUX port,

you must configure a password for

authentication.

4. Set a password.

set authentication password

{ cipher | simple } password

By default, no password is set.

5. Configure common settings

for AUX login.

See "Configuring common settings

for AUX login (

optional)."

Optional.

The next time you attempt to log in to CLI through the AUX port, you must provide the configured login

password, as shown in Figure 39.