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Login methods
You can log in to the switch by using the following methods.
Table 7 Login methods
Login method Default state
Logging in
through the
console port
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.
Logging in
through
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:
• Enable the Telnet function.
• 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).
• Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).
Logging in
through SSH
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:
• 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).
• Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default).
CLI login
Logging in
through modems
By default, you can log in to a device through modems. The default
user privilege level of modem login users is 3.
Web login
By default, you cannot log in to a device through web. To do so, log
in to the device through the console port, and complete the following
configuration:
• Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface (by default, your
device does not have an IP address.).
• Configure a username and password for web login (not configured
by default).
• Configure the user privilege level for web login (not configured by
default).
• Configure the Telnet service type for web login (not configured by
default).
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