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By default, you can log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user privilege level 3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration, see “Configuration requirements.”

Configuration procedure

Follow these steps to configure password authentication for console login:

To do…	Use the command…	Remarks
Enter system view	system-view	—
Enter AUX user interface view	user-interface aux first-number	—
	[ last-number ]
		Required
Configure the authentication mode	authentication-mode password	By default, you can log in to the
		device through the console port
as local password authentication
		without authentication and have
		user privilege level 3 after login.
	set authentication password	Required
Set the local password		By default, no local password is
	{ cipher simple } password
		set.
Configure common settings for		Optional
	—	See “Configuring common settings
AUX user interface view
		for console login (optional).”

When you log in to the device through the console port after configuration, you are prompted to enter a login password. A prompt such as <HP> appears after you input the password and press Enter, as shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10 Configuration page

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