Remote Telnet or SSH Management

The following procedure describes how to enable remote device management from the WAN through Telnet or SSH.

To enable remote management from WAN through Telnet or SSH:
Enable Telnet through CLI:
a. Access the System configuration mode:
# configure system
(config-system)#
b. Access the CLI Settings command set:
(config-system)# cli-settings
(cli-settings)#
c. Enable Telnet from WAN:
(cli-settings)# wan-telnet-allow on
d. Bind the Telnet application to a source network (listening socket):
(cli-settings)# telnet-network-source-ipv4 main-vrf
e. Save configuration to flash:
(cli-settings)# do write
Enable SSH through CLI:
a. Access the System configuration mode:
# configure system
(config-system)#
b. Access the CLI Settings command set:
(config-system)# cli-settings
(cli-settings)#
c. Enable SSH:
(cli-settings)# ssh on
d. Enable SSH from WAN:
(cli-settings)# wan-ssh-allow on
e. Bind the SSH application to a source network (listening socket):
(cli-settings)# ssh-network-source-ipv4 main-vrf
f. Save configuration to flash:
(cli-settings)# do write
Web:
a. Open the CLI Settings page (Setup menu > Administration tab > Web & CLI folder > CLI Settings).
b. For Telnet: From the 'Allow WAN access to Telnet' drop-down list, select Enable:

c. For SSH:
From the 'Enable SSH Server' drop-down list, select Enable:

From the 'Allow WAN access to SSH' drop-down list, select Enable:

a. Click Apply and save to flash.