Security
Key Management
Cisco 350, 350X and 550X Series Managed Switches, Firmware Release 2.4, ver 0.4
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The New Password Must Be Different than the Current One
—If selected, the new
password cannot be the same as the current password upon a password change.
STEP 5
Click
Apply
. The password settings are written to the Running Configuration file.
NOTE
Configuring the username-password equivalence, and manufacturer-password equivalence
may be done through the CLI. See the
CLI Reference Guide
for further instruction.
Key Management
NOTE
This section is only relevant for the 550 family.
This section describes how to configure key chains for applications and protocols, such as RIP.
See
for a description of how RIP uses key chain for authentication.
It covers the following topics:
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Key Chain
NOTE
This feature is only supported on Sx550X/SG550XG devices.
To create a new key chain.
STEP 1
Click
Security
>
Key Management
>
Key Chain Settings
.
STEP 2
To add a new key chain, click
Add
to open the Add Key Chain page and enter the following
fields:
•
Key Chain
—Name for the key chain.
•
Key Identifier
—Integer identifier for the key chain.
•
Key String
—Value of the key chain string. Enter one of the following options:
-
User Defined (Encrypted)—
Enter an encrypted version.
-
User Defined (Plaintext)—
Enter a plaintext version
