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:

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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

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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

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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:

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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.