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Command Line Interface
Command Line access to IP
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Duo may be via a serial connection to the Console port or an
SSH connection to the Ethernet interface.
SSH provides a secure communications facility defining a standard method of interfacing terminal
devices to each other. Any standard SSH client can be used to communicate to an Engage IP
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Duo.
For communication through the Console port, standard terminal communication software is used.
4.1
Console Communication
Serial communication to the console port should be configured for:
115200 baud, 1 stop bit, no parity, 8 bit fixed, flow control none
Please use the provided USB to DB9 serial converter to connect to the IP
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Duo’s USB port.
The DB9 side of the cable will connect to a computer that is running a Terminal Server program
(TeraTerm, HyperTerm, etc.). It is typical to connect the DB9 to another USB to DB9 serial
converter as DB9 serial ports are not common on todays computers. In this case, use the NULL
MODEM ADAPTER provided to allow communication between IP
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The use of the null modem adapter is necessary when using two USB to DB9 serial converter cables.
4.2
Logging in to IP
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An SSH session is opened by providing the IP address of the IP
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Duo. On opening
a Command Line Interface, (CLI) session, via the Console port or SSH, the
login
prompt
requires entry of a login ID.
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The default login ID:
root.
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Duo is shipped with default passwords. Passwords are set or modified with the
passwd
command, detailed below.
4.3
Overview of Commands
The Engage CLI supports shorthand character entry. At most 3 characters are required for the
parsing of commands. For example:
show configuration
can be entered as:
sh con
. The CLI is
not case sensitive. Description of the commands uses both upper and lower case for syntax definitions
and examples. A full description of the command line interface follows.
4.3.1
Categories
The command set can be divided into four categories:
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Show
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Config
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