Technical information

You have the following options:

• Click Yes to trust and accept the SSL certificate for this router session only. If this option is chosen, the certificate

is accepted and the login process continues. Proceed to Step 10.

• Click Always to automatically trust and accept the SSL certificate in this session and all subsequent CWI sessions.

If this option is chosen, the certificate is accepted and the login process continues. Proceed to Step 10.

• Click More Details to view the SSL certificate. A dialog box appears with detailed certificate information. The

certificate information includes the version, serial number, insurer, and start and end date validity of the certificate.

If you choose either the Yes or Always options, the Craft Works Interface Launcher appears.

Step 10 If this is the first time you have started the CWI or if you have installed a new version of the CWI, the CWI components

will start downloading. Otherwise, a cached version of the CWI components are used, reducing the CWI start time.

After the CWI component download is complete, the Start CWI, Delete Cache, and About buttons become available.

Step 11 Log in to the router when the CWI - Login dialog box appears (see Figure 2).

Note A valid AAA username and password for accessing the router must be configured. See the “Router

Prerequisites” section on page 7.

a. Enter a username in the User Name ﬁeld. See the “CWI Login Information Requirements” section on page 11 for

information on obtaining your username.

b. Enter a password in the Password ﬁeld. See the “CWI Login Information Requirements” section on page 11 for

information on obtaining your password.

c. Choose one of the following connection types from the drop-down menu:

Note CWI can autodetectwhether the routeris conﬁgured insecure or nonsecuremode and willtry the differentstandard

ports as necessary.

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XML over CORBA. Choose the Node Name.

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CLI over Telnet/SSH. Choose the ServerName/Port. If you specify a port, CWI will try only to connect using

that port. CWI will not automatically try to connect with other ports.

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Terminal Server. Choose the ServerName/Port.

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Serial Port. Choose the Serial Port. You can also set the parameters for the serial port.

d. (Optional) In the Node Name list, click the drop-down arrow and choose a node name (DNS name or IP address of the

router).

e. Click Login.

Step 12 If you did not choose Always in Step 9, you must accept the SSL certificate.

Note If you click No to deny the SSL certificate, the login process is canceled.

You have the following options:

• Click Yes to trust and accept the SSL certificate for this router session only. If this option is chosen, the certificate

is accepted and the login process continues. Proceed to Step 13.

• Click Always to automatically trust and accept the SSL certificate in this session and all subsequent CWI sessions.

If this option is chosen, the certificate is accepted and the login process continues. Proceed to Step 13.

• Click More Details to view the SSL certificate. A dialog box appears with detailed certificate information. The

certificate information includes the version, serial number, insurer, and start and end date validity of the certificate.

If you choose either the Yes or Always options, the Initializing CWI dialog box appears.

Step 13 Observe the dynamic display that shows each initialization step and indicates whether each step is successful.

When the CWI initialization is complete, the CWI Desktop window appears. See the “CWI Desktop Window” section

on page 21 for information on the CWI Desktop window.