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NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator
Unlock Password Protection
If the NPort is password protected, then you will not be able to use the
double click method to open the configuration page.
Instead, select an NPort with “Lock”
status, right click the locked NPort,
and then select the Unlock button.
After inputting the correct password, the Administrator will display a message
box as shown here.
The previous “Lock” status will switch
to “Unlock” status.
Administrator will keep this NPort in
the Unlock status throughout this
Administrator session.
The meanings of the six states are as follows (note that the term Fixed is borrowed from the
standard fixed IP address networking terminology):
Lock
The NPort is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the password has
not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session.
Unlock
The NPort is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the password has
been entered from within the current Administrator session. Henceforth during this Administrator
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