User's Manual

Fortress ES-Series CLI Guide: Mesh Point CLI and Administrative Access
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2.1.1 Accessing the Mesh Point CLI via the Serial
Console Port
NOTE: An RJ-45-
to-DB9 adapter
(included) is required to
connect the serial
Con-
sole port to a DB9 termi-
nal connection.
1 Using a null modem cable, connect the Fortress Mesh
Point’s
Console port to a serial port on a computer.
2 Start your serial application and, if it is not already at these
settings, configure it to use:
 bits per second: 9600
 data bits: 8
 parity: none
 stop bits: 1
 hardware flow control: none
2.1.2 Accessing the Mesh Point CLI Remotely
NOTE: The Mesh
Point does not
support SSH1.
When SSH (Secure Shell) is enabled, you can access the
Mesh Point CLI through an SSH2 network connection to the
Mesh Point by pointing your terminal emulation application to
the Mesh Point’s IP address.
SSH is enabled on the Fortress Mesh Point by default. Section
4.1.13 covers disabling and enabling SSH.
The Mesh Point provides users with the option to further secure
their remote administration path by allowing the SSH session
to be routed through an IPsec tunnel. First, the user needs to
configure the IPsec environment. This process is described in
Section 4.4. After this is complete, the user connects to the
Mesh Point using SSH as described in this section.
2.1.3 Logging On and Off the Mesh Point CLI
NOTE: Default
passwords must
be changed when the
account is first used.
To log on to the Mesh Point CLI, enter a valid user name and
password at the
Login and Password prompts.
Login: admin
Password:
<password>
ES-00148c081080-FIPS#
The first time an administrator logs on, Fortress's license
agreement displays, and you must scroll through and accept its
terms to continue. If an administrative logon banner has been
configured (Section 2.2.2), you must accept its terms to
continue.
Three administrative accounts are preconfigured on the Mesh
Point, one at each of three possible privilege levels, or defined
roles:
administrator, maintenance and logviewer. Except
for the administrator-level account, which uses
admin as the
Username and default password, the same strings
(
maintenance and logviewer) serve as the respective
account’s
Username and default password. Up to ten usable
accounts (including preconfigured accounts) are supported
(refer to Section 2.2).