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Configuring User Accounts and RBAC
This chapter describes how to configure user accounts and role-based access control (RBAC) on the
Nexus 5000 Series switch.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Information About User Accounts and RBAC, page 1-1
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Guidelines and Limitations, page 1-4
• Configuring User Accounts, page 1-4
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Configuring RBAC, page 1-5
• Verifying User Accounts and RBAC Configuration, page 1-9
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Example User Accounts and RBAC Configuration, page 1-9
• Default Settings, page 1-10
Information About User Accounts and RBAC
You can create and manage users accounts and assign roles that limit access to operations on the Nexus
5000 Series switch. RBAC allows you to define the rules for an assign role that restrict the authorization
that the user has to access management operations.
This section includes the following topics:
• About User Accounts, page 1-1
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Characteristics of Strong Passwords, page 1-2
• About User Roles, page 1-2
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About Rules, page 1-3
• About User Role Policies, page 1-3
About User Accounts
Tip
The following words are reserved and cannot be used to configure users: bin, daemon, adm, lp, sync,
shutdown, halt, mail, news, uucp, operator, games, gopher, ftp, nobody, nscd, mailnull, rpc, rpcuser, xfs,
gdm, mtsuser, ftpuser, man, and sys.