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Device Options

Device options are available when adding a device (with the -a flag) and also when editing a device (with the -e flag).

In an attempt to make the information easier to find and read on the edit screen, it is broken up into the following sections:

Device​

  1. Name
    The name you are assigning to this device (eg acme-nyc-r01). When you attempt to connect to a device, Connect will search the names for a partial or full match.
  2. Primary/Backup device
    Use this option to switch between editing primary and backup information for a device.
  3. Description
    If more than one device matches when you run Connect, a list will be shown of all matches. The description for a device will be shown in parenthesis next to the name.
  4. IP
    IPv4 or IPv6 address or FQDN used to connect to the device.
  5. Platform
    Used by Connect to cater for different login prompts and client commands when a device is used as a hop. Valid values are:
    0. ASA (Cisco firewall)
    1. Cisco (IOS)
    2. Console (For devices that provide a serial connection where no login is required)
    3. HP
    4. Linux
    5. Cisco Nexus
    6. Open Connect (If you have Openconnect installed, Netmate Connect can execute the required Openconnect command and automatically log you in.)
    7. goTeleport
  6. Autoenable
    For devices like Cisco IOS that use a different prompt for enabled sessions. If authorization is configured to enable a user without entering the 'enable' command set this flag to true so that connect will skip the step and recognise the enabled prompt.

Credentials​

  1. Username
    The name you are assigning to this device (eg acme-nyc-r01). When you attempt to connect to a device, Connect will search the names for a match.
  2. Password
    Password used to connect to the device.
  3. Enable Username
    Used for HP devices that require a username when entering enable mode.
  4. Enable Password
    Password used to enter enable mode on devices that aren't "autoenabled" or for Linux sudo servers.

Connection​

  1. Connection Method
    Configure connect to use either Telnet or SSH to connect to the device.
  2. Port
    The TCP port used to connect. By default Telnet used 23 and SSH uses 22 but custom ports can be configured if required.
  3. Certificate
    Specify an SSH identity file to connect with.
  4. Cipher
    Specify the SSH cipher to use.
  5. Source
    Used if you are hopping from a network device that allows you to specify a source address or interface when using the telnet or SSH client.
  6. VRF
    Used if you are hopping from a Cisco device that allows you to specifiy a Virtual Router Forwarding instance to make the connection from.

Miscellaneous​

  1. Prompt
    If your device has a promt that Connect can't detect, you can specify it here using REGEX.
  2. Enabled Prompt
    If you device has an enabled prompt that Connect can't detect, you can specify it here using REGEX.
  3. Hop
    If you need to connect to an intermediate device before connecting to the target, specifiy the Connect device name here. Each device can have a hop set so a path of many hops may be constructed.
  4. Hop uses backup
    Specify if the hop device should use its backup information when making a connection to this device. This can be set differently for primary and backup for each device. For example when conecting to acme-nyc-s-web01 normally the Hop can be acme-nyc-r01 primary connection and Hop uses backup would be set to false. But for acme-nyc-s-web01 backup connection, the Hop would be acme-nyc-r01 but with Hop uses backup set to true.
  5. No login required
    If the device does not prompt for a username and password, set this to true so that Connect will just look for a prompt without trying to login.
  6. No password required
    For the fringe situation where a device asks for a username but no password, set this option to true so that Connect doesn't timeout looking for a password prompt.