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Using Passwords, Port Security, and Authorized IP Managers To Protect Against Unauthorized Access
Using Password Security
Using Passwords, Port
Security, and Authorized IP
If you set a Manager password, you may also want to configure the
Inactivity Time parameter (see page 5-15). This causes the console session to
end after the specified period of inactivity, thus giving you added security
against unauthorized console access.
Note The manager and operator passwords control access to the menu interface,
the CLI, and the web browser interface.
Note If there is only a Manager password set (with no Operator password), and the
Manager password is not entered correctly when the console session begins,
access to the console will be denied.
If there are both a Manager password and an Operator password, but neither
is entered correctly, access to the console will be denied.
If the switch has neither a Manager password nor an Operator password,
anyone having access to the console interface can operate the console with
full manager privileges. Also, if only an Operator password is set, entering
the Operator password enables full manager privileges.
Passwords are case-sensitive.
The rest of this section covers how to:
■ Set Passwords
■ Delete Passwords
■ Recover from a Lost Password
Menu: Setting Manager and Operator passwords
1. From the Main Menu select:
5. Console Passwords