# Login Credentials

The Login Credentials dialog box allows you to enter the Telnet username, Telnet password and Privilege password. Login credentials are a prerequisite for launching service blades configuration dialogs and the VLAN flows dialog.

You need to enter the login credentials for the following:

When you start the VLAN Flows - By VLAN IDs dialog from Device Menu > VLAN Flows > By VLAN IDs.

When you start the VLAN Flows - By Services dialog from Device Menu > VLAN Flows > By Services.

When you start the Firewall Service Blade Setup Wizard dialog from FWSM Menu > Firewall Service Blade Wizard.

When you start the Show SLB VLANs dialog from CSM Menu > CSM Configuration.

When you start the SSL Blade Configuration dialog from SSL Menu > SSL Blade Configuration.

When you start the SVI Configuration dialog from Device > Configure > VLAN & Bridge > SVI Configure.

When you start Assign VLANs to Firewall Blade from FWSM Menu > Assign VLANs to Firewall Blade.

When you start Configure Firewall Interface(s) from FWSM Menu > Configure Firewall Interface(s).

When you start Configure Static Route from FWSM Menu > Configure Static Route.

When you start Configure HTTP Service on Firewall Interface(s) from FWSM Menu > Configure HTTP Service on Firewall Interface(s).

When you start Configure HTTP Server from FWSM Menu > Configure HTTP Server.

When you start VLAN Group Configuration dialog from Device > Configure > VLAN & Bridge > Vlan Group Configure.

When you start Assign VLAN Groups to Firewall Blade from FWSM Menu > Assign VLAN Groups to Firewall Blade.

When you start the VPN Service Blade Setup Wizard dialog from VPNSM Menu > VPN Service Blade Setup Wizard.

When you Launch VPN Device Manager from VPNSM Menu -> Launch VPN Device Manager.

The Login Credentials dialog box has the following fields for each of the service blades:

Telnet Username

Telnet Password

Privilege Password

Note:

For VLAN Visualization dialog (both by services and by VLAN IDs) you must give the Telnet username, Telnet password and Privilege password of Supervisor, MSFC, FWSM, and SSL blades.

For FWSM blade wizard dialog you must give the Telnet username, Telnet password and Privilege password of Supervisor and FWSM blade.

For Show SLB VLANs dialog of CSM blade you must give the Telnet usernames, Telnet password and Privilege password of Supervisor and MSFC.This is because you cannot session to the CSM blade. All necessary configurations of CSM have to be done in Supervisor and MSFC.

For SSL Blade Configuration dialog you must give the Telnet username, Telnet password and Privilege password of Supervisor and SSL Blade.

For IPSec VPN Blade Configuration dialog you must give the Telnet username, Telnet password and Privilege password of Supervisor.

### Telnet Username

Username configured using the "username <username> password <password>" command, or using the AAA server. Leave this field blank if username is not configured.

### Telnet Password

The basic EXEC mode login password. Leave this field blank if Telnet password is not configured.

### Privilege Password

The Enable mode password for supervisor and service blades and Privilege password for MSFC. Leave this field blank if Privilege password is not configured. For MSFC enter just the Privilege password.