Cisco Cisco ONS 15454 M2 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP)

PCLI adheres to the idle user timeout period security policy set via CTC or TL1.

For information on viewing security policies, refer the task, “DLP-G189 Change Security Policy for 
Multiple Nodes” in the Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Configuration Guide.

If a PCLI session on a node using a given port number is open, the port number used by the PCLI session 
cannot be changed. When connecting in a Non-Secure state to a node and a port, use the configured port 
number for non-secured mode only, and when connecting via a Secure state to a node and a port, use the 
configured port number for Secure mode.

PCLI supports configurable secure or unsecure access with a configurable port number per access 
mechanism. Use CTC to view or modify these settings. The default access state is “Non-secure” and the 
default port number is “65000”.

PCLI supports an unsecured connection via Telnet and a secure connection via Secure Shell (SSH) by 
using existing system authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) mechanisms. Login with 
user/password that is configured at the Network Element (NE). Use CTC or TL1 to manage user 
accounts.

If you have logged in to a PCLI connection in an Non-Secure state and change the connection via CTC 
to a Secure one (or vice versa), the Non-Secure state in PCLI (or Secure, as the case may be) is closed 
once the CTC configuration is completed. 

For information on setting the access states (Non-secure or Secure), refer Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM 
Configuration Guide.

The PCLI supports eight different command modes. Each command mode can be accessed by specifying 
a command. The prompt changes to reflect the new command mode that you are in. Consequently, the 
set of valid commands changes to reflect the sub-commands that are allowed within that mode.

The following section shows supported PCLI commands for each command mode. 

The following commands are common across all command modes.

?—Enter a question mark (?) at the system prompt to display a list of commands available in each 
command mode.

!— Enter an exclamation symbol (!) at the system prompt to add comments.

exit—Enter exit at the system prompt to exit from the mode you are currently in.