Password Manager
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Click
Apply
to update the switch configuration. Your changes take effect immediately but are not
retained across a switch reset unless you click
Save Configuration
.
Lockout Attempts
After a user fails to log in this number of times, the user is locked out until the password is
reset by the administrator.
Password Complexity
Strength Check
Enable or disable the password strength check feature. Enabling this feature forces the user
to configure passwords that comply with the strong password configuration specified in the
following fields.
Minimum Number of
Uppercase Letters
Specify the minimum number of uppercase letters a password must include.
Minimum Number of
Lowercase Letters
Specify the minimum number of lowercase letters a password must include.
Minimum Number of
Numeric Characters
Specify the minimum number of numbers a password must include.
Minimum Number of
Special Characters
Specify the minimum number of special characters (non-alphanumeric, such as # or &) a
password must include.
Maximum Number of
Repeated Characters
Specify the maximum number of repeated characters a password is allowed to include. An
example of four repeated characters is
aaaa.
Maximum Number of
Consecutive Characters
Specify the maximum number of consecutive characters a password is allowed to include. An
example of four consecutive characters is
abcd
Minimum Character
Classes
Specify the minimum number of character classes a password must contain. There are four
character classes:
Uppercase
Lowercase
Numbers
Special Characters
Keyword Exclusion
Exclude Keyword Name
The list of keywords that a valid password must not contain. Excluded keyword checking is
case-insensitive. Additionally, a password cannot contain the backwards version of an
excluded keyword. For example, if pass is an excluded keyword, passwords such as
23passA2c, ssapword, and PAsSwoRD are prohibited. Use the plus and minus buttons to
perform the following tasks:
To add a keyword to the list, click
Add
, type the word to exclude in the Exclude Keyword
Name field, and click
Apply
.
To remove one or more keywords from the list, select each keyword to delete and click
Remove
.
Field
Description
