You can enable access to the HCP S Series Management Console on both the access network and the management network. At any given time, at least one of these networks must be enabled for Console access. By default, both networks are enabled for Console access.
By default, for both the access and management networks, only HTTPS is enabled for Management Console access. For each of these networks individually, you can also enable HTTP for Console access. You cannot disable HTTPS for either network without disabling all access to the Management Console through that network.
- Requests for Management Console access that specify HTTP (requires port number 8001) are automatically redirected to HTTPS.
- When you enable or disable HTTP or HTTPS for the access or management network in the Management Console configuration, the same change occurs automatically to the corresponding setting in the management API configuration. When you disable HTTP or HTTPS for the access or management network in the management API configuration, the same change occurs automatically to the corresponding setting in the Management Console configuration. However, when you enable HTTP or HTTPS for the access or management network in the management API configuration, the corresponding setting in the Management Console configuration does not change.
By default, users can access the Management Console from any IP address. You can choose to allow access only from specific IP addresses. Similarly, you can choose to deny access from specific IP addresses. You control how the S Series Node handles IP addresses that are both allowed and denied access or neither allowed nor denied access.
You can specify message text to appear on the login page of the Management Console. This text is optional. If specified, it can be up to 1,024 characters long and can contain any valid UTF-8 characters, including white space.
The text you specify appears above the fields for the username and password on the login page. You can use this text, for example, for messages such as "Authorized Users Only" or "For support, contact hcpsseries-admin@example.com."
To work with the Management Console configuration in the Management Console, go to .