Connect to the Console of the Application

Use the following procedure to connect to the console of the application.

Procedure

Step 1

Connect to the module CLI.

connect module slot_number console

To connect to the security engine of a device that does not support multiple security modules, always use 1 as the slot_number .

Example:


Firepower# connect module 1 console
Telnet escape character is '~'.
Trying 127.5.1.1...
Connected to 127.5.1.1.
Escape character is '~'.

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Firepower-module1>

Step 2

Connect to the application console.

connect ftd

Example:


Firepower-module1> connect ftd 
Connecting to ftd(ftd-native) console... enter exit to return to bootCLI
[...]
>

Step 3

Exit the application console to the FXOS module CLI.

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Step 4

Return to the supervisor level of the FXOS CLI.

  1. Enter ~

    You exit to the Telnet application.

  2. To exit the Telnet application, enter:

    telnet>quit