Chapter 39 Access Control

later). Click Management > Access Control > Service Access Control to view the screen as shown.

Figure 202 Management > Access Control > Service Access Control

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 134 Management > Access Control > Service Access Control

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Services

Services you may use to access the Switch are listed here.

 

 

Active

Select this option for the corresponding services that you want to allow to

 

access the Switch.

 

 

Service

For Telnet, SSH, FTP, HTTP or HTTPS services, you may change the default

Port

service port by typing the new port number in the Server Port field. If you

 

change the default port number then you will have to let people (who wish

 

to use the service) know the new port number for that service.

 

 

Timeout

Type how many minutes a management session (via the web configurator)

 

can be left idle before the session times out. After it times out you have to

 

log in with your password again. Very long idle timeouts may have security

 

risks.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save

 

link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile

 

memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

39.10 Remote Management

Click Management > Access Control > Remote Management to view the screen as shown next.

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