R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls Getting Started Guide-6PW101

HP Series High-End Firewalls support the following login methods:

• Local login through the console port

• Remote login through an Ethernet port or through Telnet/SSH

• Remote login through the AUX port

• Login through the web interface

• 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

in method Default state

CLI login

Logging in

through the

console p

ort

By default, you can log in to a device through the console port, the

authentication mode is None (no username or password required), and the user

privilege level is 3.

Logging in

through Telnet

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:

• Enable the Telnet function.

• Configure the IP address of the management Ethernet interface of the device,

and make sure that your device and the Telnet client can reach each other (by

default, the IP address of the management Ethernet interface is

192.168.0.1/24).

• Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users (scheme by default).

• Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).

Logging in

through SSH

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:

• Enable the SSH function and configure SSH attributes.

• Configure the IP address of the management Ethernet interface of the device,

and make sure that your device and the SSH client can reach each other (by

default, the IP address of the management Ethernet interface is

192.168.0.1/24).

• Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users as scheme (scheme by

default).

• Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).