Security
6-2 9161-A2-GH30-30
April 1998
Procedure
To limit COM port async terminal access:
1. Follow this menu selection sequence:
Main Menu
→
Configuration
2. Select the desired configuration area and press Return.
Load Configuration From
→
[Current Configuration/
Customer Configuration 1/Customer Configuration 2]
3. Follow this menu selection sequence, pressing Return after each selection:
Configuration Edit/Display
→
User Interface
→
Communication Port
The Communication Port Options screen appears.
4. Select and set the following configuration options, as appropriate.
To . . . Set the configuration option . . .
Disable an async terminal interface
direct connection Port Use to Alarms.
Require a user’s login ID and
password to access the COM port Login Required to Enable.
NOTE: User login ID and password
combinations must be defined.
Refer to
Creating a Login
on
page 6-8.
Limit the effective access level to
Level 21 or lower Port Access Level to Level-2.
Limit the effective access level to
Level 31Port Access Level to Level-3.
1Make sure you have at least one login with Level 1 security set. The effective
access level of the session is the lower of either the level set to access the port
(COM port or Telnet), or the login access level.
NOTE:
See
Restoring Access to the User Interface
in Chapter 8,
Operation and
Maintenance
, should you inadvertently be locked out.
5. Press Ctrl-a to switch to the screen function key area.
6. To save changes, select Save and press Return.
7. Select the configuration area where you want to save the changes to and
press Return.
Save Configuration To
→
[Current Configuration/
Customer Configuration 1/Customer Configuration 2]
When Save is complete, Command Complete appears at the bottom of the
screen.
Refer to Chapter 5,
Setting Up
, for more information about Communication Port
configuration options.