• About SonicOS
  • What is SonicOS?
  • Where Do I Find Information About SonicOS?
  • SonicOS Web Interface to Administration Guide Reference
  • Guide Conventions
• Firewall Management Methods
• About the SonicOS Management Interface
  • Logging Into SonicOS
  • Logging Out of SonicOS
  • Contemporary vs Classic Web Interface
  • Global Search
  • Online Help
  • Notification Center
  • SonicOS Guides (Wizards)
    • Public Server Guide
    • VPN Guide
    • Wireless Guide
    • SDWAN Guide
  • SSH Terminal Access
  • About the Top Menu Views
  • About the API and CLI
  • Legal Information
• What's New in SonicOS 7.1
• Features of SonicOS
  • Features Available in Policy Mode
    • About Unified Policies in SonicOS
    • About the Shadow Feature
    • About Action Profiles
  • Features Available on TZ Series, NSa Series, and NSsp Series
    • Switch Management
    • PortShield Groups
    • Access Points Management
    • WWAN and 4G/LTE
    • Storage Device Configuration
  • Features Available on NSv Series
    • Feature Support on NSv Series
    • Changing Between Classic Mode and Policy Mode
      • Choosing the Mode in Fresh Deployments or Upgrades
      • Changing From Classic to Policy Mode
      • Changing From Policy to Classic Mode
  • Features Available on NSsp 15700
    • About Multi-Instance
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

SSH Terminal Access

An SSH Terminal can be accessed by clicking the Terminal icon button on the top banner of the SonicOS web management interface.

Before initiating the Terminal, make sure that the interface has SSH enabled for management. To check, go to NETWORK | System > Interfaces and edit the WAN (usually X1) interface. On the General screen, scroll down to the MANAGEMENT options and enable SSH.

If prompted, click OK in the SSH Server warning dialog to accept the certificate.

Then, enter the administrator username and password at the prompts (default admin/password).

The SSH terminal window is available for use with all the standard commands. Type a question mark, '?', to see the list of system commands and top level commands. Press the spacebar at the --MORE-- prompt to display more commands.

You can type logout or exit to end the session, or click the 'X' in the top right corner to return to web management.

For more information about the command line interface (CLI), refer to the SonicOS/X 7 Command Line Interface Reference Guide on the Technical Documentation portal.