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Exalt Installation and Management Guide
EX-i Series (TDD) Digital Microwave Radios
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2016-05-24
manufacture, except for installed License Keys and/or Regulatory Domain Keys, which are retained
even after a factory default reset.
For additional security, the Ethernet interfaces (MAIN and AUX) can be individually disabled. If both
interfaces are disabled, no Ethernet traffic can pass across the radio link and Ethernet cannot be used
for management. In this case, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH, and all forms of SNMP are not available;
the only available management interface is Serial. This is only appropriate for radios exclusively
running TDM traffic (T1, E1, DS3), where serial access is sufficient. This feature is not available on
all models.
Root access is used by Exalt for remote software diagnosis (if the radio is accessible over the Internet
to Exalt and login credentials were provided). Root access is enabled by default.
If management security features on this page are used, then the management security features must be
manually reconfigured after any reset. Alternatively, after a reset you can upload a configuration file to
restore settings.
Note: If root access is disabled, there are conditions where Exalt may not be able to address
remotely that result in an RMA return that otherwise may not have been necessary had root
access been enabled. For this reason, it is advised to leave root access enabled, unless there
are significant concerns about access to the radio’s management ports where ‘hacking’ may
try to attack the Telnet or serial interfaces to gain access to the radio’s root directory. To allay
these types of issues, use private networks (such as VPN or VLAN) for management access.
Note: Models with this management security feature that also have DIP switches on the front
panel ignore DIP switch configuration after any reset.