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Login methods
This chapter includes these sections:
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FIPS compliance
The device supports the FIPS mode that complies with NIST FIPS 140-2 requirements. Support for features,
commands, and parameters might differ in FIPS mode and non-FIPS mode. For more information about
FIPS mode, see the
Security Configuration Guide
.
Login methods
You can log in to the switch by using the following methods.
Table 7
Login methods
Login method
Default state
By default, you can log in to a device through the console port, the
authentication mode is None (no username or password required),
and the user privilege level is 3.
By default, you cannot log in to a device through telnet. To do so, log
in to the device through the console port, and complete the following
configuration:
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Enable the telnet function.
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Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface, and make sure that
your device and the telnet client can reach each other (by default,
the device does not have an IP address.).
•
Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users (password
by default).
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Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).
NOTE:
Telnet is not supported in FIPS mode.
By default, you cannot log in to a device through SSH. To do so, log
in to the device through the console port, and complete the following
configuration:
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Enable the SSH function and configure SSH attributes.
•
Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface, and make sure that
your device and the SSH client can reach each other (by default,
your device does not have an IP address.).
•
Configure the authentication mode of VTY login users as
scheme
(password by default).
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Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).