Chapter 2. Installation of a Typical Sensor
The Command-Line Interface (CLI)
The CLI is much like the IOS version, but with fewer commands and different modes. You can access the CLI using
- Telnet (disabled by default)
- SSH
- The serial interface
The default username is cisco, with a default password of cisco. You are prompted to change these upon the first login.
The CLI can be used to
- Initialize the sensor
- Configure
- Administer
- Troubleshoot
- Monitor
Two modes of the CLI differ from a router:
- Service mode: Used to edit a service. You enter it using the command service service-name.
- Multi-instance service mode: Some of the services are multi-instance services to support virtualization. To enter this mode, you use the command service service-name ...
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