Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

Chapter 16 The Command Line Interface 773

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Guide

 

Once the IP parameters on the Nortel SNAS 4050 are configured and Telnet 
access is enabled, you can access the CLI using a Telnet connection. To establish a 
Telnet connection with the Nortel SNAS 4050, run the Telnet program on your 
workstation and issue the Telnet command, followed by the IP address of the 
Nortel SNAS 4050.

You will then be prompted to enter a valid user name and password. For more 
information about different user accounts and default passwords, see 

.

Using an SSH client to establish a connection over the network provides the 
following security benefits:

•

server host authentication

•

encryption of passwords for user authentication

•

encryption of all traffic that is transmitted over the network when configuring 
or collecting information from the Nortel SNAS 4050

SSH access to the Nortel SNAS 4050 is disabled by default. However, depending 
on the severity of your security policy, you may want to enable SSH access. You 
may also restrict SSH access to one or more specific machines.

For more information on how to enable SSH access, see the 

 

command (see 

). For more information on how to restrict SSH access to 

one or more specific machines, see