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Accessing the Switch
If an asterisk (*) appears in front of the command line prompt, it indicates that you have outstanding
configuration changes that have not been saved. For example:
* BD-1.19 #
Default Accounts
By default, the switch is configured with two accounts, as shown in Table 6.
Changing the Default Password
Default accounts do not have passwords assigned to them. Passwords can have a minimum of zero
characters and can have a maximum of 30 characters.
NOTE
Passwords are case-sensitive; user names are not case-sensitive.
To add a password to the default admin account:
1 Log in to the switch using the name admin.
2 At the password prompt, press [Return].
3 Add a default admin password by entering the following command:
configure account admin
4 Enter the new password at the prompt.
5 Re-enter the new password at the prompt.
To add a password to the default user account:
1 Log in to the switch using the name admin.
2 At the password prompt, press [Return], or enter the password that you have configured for the
admin account.
3 Add a default user password by entering the following command:
configure account user
4 Enter the new password at the prompt.
5 Re-enter the new password at the prompt.
Table 6: Default Accounts
Account Name Access Level
admin This user can access and change all manageable parameters. However, the user may not
delete all admin accounts.
user This user can view (but not change) all manageable parameters, with the following
exceptions:
• This user cannot view the user account database.
• This user cannot view the SNMP community strings.