Other Services Secure Moderate Open Defau lt
SNMP N/A N/A Yes N/A
RPC N/A N/A Yes N/A
ICMP N/A Yes Yes Yes
FTP N/A N/A N/A N/A
IPSec N/ A N/A N/A N /A
Table 8.5: Enab led Protoco ls for Each Security Pro file
The first step in configuring your console server is to define a security profil e.On eo fth e
following sit uations is applicab le when you bo ot up the consol e server.
• The console server is starting for t he first time or after a reset to factory default parameters.
In this situation when y ou boot up your console server and log in as an administ rator
to the web manager, a security warning dial og box appears. The web manager is
redirected to Step1: Security Profile in the Wiza rdmode .Further navig ation to other
sections of the web manage r is not possible without selecting or configu ring a security
profile. Once you select o r configure a security profil e and save the changes, the
console server restarts.
• The console server firmware is upg raded and the system is restarting with t he new
firmware.
In this situation the con sole serverw asalread y in use and certain configuration
parameters were saved in the flash memory. In this case the consol e server
automatically retriev est he Custom Security Profile parameters saved in the flash
memory and behaves as it was a normalrebo ot.
• The console server is restarting no rmally.
In this situation t he system detects the pre-defined security profile. You can cont inue
working in th e web manager.
Serial port settingsand security profiles
All serial ports on the co nsole server when shipped from the factory are disabled b y default.
The administrator can en able ports individ ually or collectiv ely and assign specific u sersto
individua l ports.
The following situatio ns apply to serial ports wh en you modify o r change a security profile.
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