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Techgeeeg_28888
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Dec 20, 2017

Encrypting and Secure Console Connectivity

Hi Experts,   I have a small question related to the console connectivity on F5 unit. Can I integrate the authentication of my console access to a AAA server with a fallback to the default user. I...
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Dec 20, 2017

Haven't seen f5 doc to integrate AAA server for console port authentication. Other option is to configure console/terminal server in serial port & configure AAA server for authentication. Does it make sense? @Experts, please advice.

 

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    Techgeeeg
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    Dec 21, 2017

    Hi Rock,

     

    I m not sure if I got the above explanation very correctly is it possible to configure Console server on F5? any thoughts on the encryption of the communication over the console no matter it's integrated with AAA or not.

     

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    Dec 24, 2017

    Sorry for late reply. We have configured console server in lb's console port to manage device remotely and it has tacacs auth.