: Access the CLI
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Access the CLI

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Access the CLI

Use a terminal emulator, such as PuTTY, to connect to the CLI of a Palo Alto Networks device in one of the following ways:
  • SSH Connection
    —To ensure you are logging in to your firewall and not a malicious device, you can verify the SSH connection to the firewall when you perform initial configuration. After you have completed initial configuration, you can establish a CLI connection over the network using a secure shell (SSH) connection.
  • Serial Connection
    —If you have not yet completed initial configuration or if you chose not to enable SSH on the Palo Alto Networks device, you can establish a direct serial connection from a serial interface on your management computer to the Console port on the device.
  1. Launch the terminal emulation software and select the type of connection (Serial or SSH).
    • To establish an SSH connection, enter the hostname or IP address of the device you want to connect to and set the port to
      22
      .
    • To establish a Serial connection, connect a serial interface on management computer to the Console port on the device. Configure the Serial connection settings in the terminal emulation software as follows:
      • Data rate:
        9600
      • Data bits:
        8
      • Parity:
        none
      • Stop bits:
        1
      • Flow control:
        none
  2. When prompted to log in, enter your administrative username.
    The default superuser username is
    admin
    . To set up CLI access for other administrative users, see Give Administrators Access to the CLI.
    If prompted to acknowledge the login banner, enter
    Yes
    .
  3. Enter the administrative password.
    The default superuser password is
    admin
    . However, for security reasons you should immediately change the admin password.
    After you log in, the message of the day displays, followed by the CLI prompt in Operational mode:
    username@hostname>
    You can tell you are in operational mode because the command prompt ends with a
    >
    .

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