H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches - Manual (Page 37)

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Login Methods
This chapter includes these sections:
z Login Methods
z User Interface Overview
Login Methods
You can log in to a device in the following ways.
Table 2-1 Login methods
Login method Default state
Logging In
Through the
Console Port
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:
z Enable the telnet function.
z Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface, and make sure
that your device and the telnet client can reach each other (by
default, the device does not have an IP address.).
z Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users (password
by default).
z Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by
default).
CLI Login
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:
z Enable the SSH function and configure SSH attributes.
z Configure the IP address of the network management port or
VLAN interface, and make sure that your device and the SSH
client can reach each other (by default, your device does not have
an IP address.).
z Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users as scheme
(password by default).
z Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by
default).