The Device Access tab of the Polling and Thresholds Console provides a single default device access setting named CLI Access Setting. Default values for the CLI Access Setting lists the CLI Access Setting parameters.

Table 1. Default values for the CLI Access Setting

Parameter

Default Value

Description

AccessProtocol

TELNETSSH1SSH2

Default: TELNET

Determines the remote-access application to use to establish connections to the managed routing devices that belong to this group.

Note:

Selecting SSH1 or SSH2 requires configuring an SSH client on the Network Protocol Manager host.

Enable

A structure having the following default value:

{NULL String,ENCRYPTED}

Specifies the enable password for the managed devices that belong to this group. Type the enable password value twice to confirm the password value.

There must be an entry for this parameter.

Note:

IP Availability Manager uses the site key to encrypt the entered password value. As explained in System Administration Guide, The site key is created during the installation of applications.

LoginID

String of unspecified length

Default: null string (empty)

Specifies the username (user ID) for the managed routing devices that belong to this group.

There must be an entry for this parameter. If no username is configured on the devices that belong to this group, type any value; for example, cisco.

Password

String of unspecified length

Default: null string (empty)

Specifies the password for the managed Cisco devices that belong to this group. Type the password value twice to confirm the password value.

There must be an entry for this parameter unless the access protocol for this group is SSH1 or SSH2 and passwordless authentication is in effect.

Note:

IP Availability Manager uses the site key to encrypt the entered password value. As explained in System Administration Guide, the site key is created during the installation of applications.

Timeout

1 to 496 seconds

Default: 10 seconds

Sets the amount of time to wait for a Telnet/SSH response before the Telnet /SSH session request times out.