Nortel Networks 4050 manual Establishing a connection using SSH, Running Telnet

Chapter 16 The Command Line Interface 773

Running Telnet

Once the IP parameters on the Nortel SNAS 4050 are configured and Telnet access is enabled, you can access the CLI using a Telnet connection. To establish a Telnet connection with the Nortel SNAS 4050, run the Telnet program on your workstation and issue the Telnet command, followed by the IP address of the Nortel SNAS 4050.

telnet <IP address>

You will then be prompted to enter a valid user name and password. For more information about different user accounts and default passwords, see “Accessing the Nortel SNAS 4050 cluster” on page 775.

Establishing a connection using SSH

Using an SSH client to establish a connection over the network provides the following security benefits:

•server host authentication

•encryption of passwords for user authentication

•encryption of all traffic that is transmitted over the network when configuring or collecting information from the Nortel SNAS 4050

Enabling and restricting SSH access

SSH access to the Nortel SNAS 4050 is disabled by default. However, depending on the severity of your security policy, you may want to enable SSH access. You may also restrict SSH access to one or more specific machines.

For more information on how to enable SSH access, see the /cfg/sys/adm/ssh command (see page 484). For more information on how to restrict SSH access to one or more specific machines, see “Configuring the Access List using the CLI” on page 474.

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Guide