IBM Partner Pavilion BMD00082 Switch User Manual


 
SmartConnect User’s Guide
BMD00082, February 2009 Chapter 6: Configuring Switch Access
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End User Access Control
The administrator can define user accounts that permit end users to access the switch using the
CLI commands. Once end-user accounts are configured and enabled, the switch requires user
name/password authentication.
Considerations for Configuring End User Accounts
A maximum of 10 end-user IDs are supported on the switch.
The switch does not automatically validate configurations.
VSE SmartConnect software supports end-user support for Telnet access to the switch. As
a result, only very limited access is granted to the primary administrator under the BBI
mode of access.
If RADIUS authentication is used, the user password on the Radius server overrides the
user password on the switch. Also note that the password change command only modifies
the switch password and has no effect on the user password on the Radius server.
RADIUS authentication and user password cannot be used concurrently to access the
switch.
Passwords can be up to 15 characters in length for TACACS, RADIUS, Telnet, SSH, and
Web access. Passwords for end-user accounts can be up to 128 characters.