Establishing a Console Session on Your NetScreen-5XP, -5XT, or -5GT

This article applies to ScreenOS 4.0 and higher.

For the console connection, you will need to obtain a serial cable with a male DB-9 connector on one end and a female DB-9 connector on the other end.

To establish a console session for the NetScreen-5XP, -5XT, or -5GT, perform the following steps:

The NetScreen-5XP, -5XT, and -5GT have a serial port, called the Console port, that allows you to establish a console session with ScreenOS.

Connect the female DB-9 end of the serial cable into the serial port of your PC.

Connect the male DB-9 end of the serial cable into the Console port of your NetScreen-5XP, -5XT, or -5GT (the NetScreen-5XT is shown below).

Launch a serial terminal program (A commonly used terminal program is Hilgreave HyperTerminal).

Typical settings to launch a console session with your Firewall are as follows:

• Baud Rate to 9600
• Parity to No
• Data Bits to 8
• Stop Bit to 1
• Flow Control to none

From the login prompt, enter your username, and press Enter.

The default login and password is netscreen. Both the login and password are case-sensitive.

From the password prompt, enter your password, and press Enter.

The password is based on keystrokes. For security purposes, the password is not displayed as it is entered.

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