The 7210 SAS OS supports disabling the console port and OOB Ethernet management port. In remote deployments, operators can choose to disable user access to the node through the console and through the Ethernet management port to prevent unauthorized and malicious access. Use the bof>console-disabled command to disable the console and the bof>eth-mgmt-disabled command to disable the use of the Ethernet management port.
Access to a console is only disabled when the TiMOS image is loaded. Console access remains unchanged during the boot loader stage of the boot up process. That is, the bof command takes effect only when the node is booted with the TiMOS image.