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3.1.5 SECURITY
Switch Password
This page allows you to configure the system password required to access the web pages or log in from CLI.
Old Password
Enter the current system password. If this is incorrect, the new password will not be set.
New Password
The system password. The allowed string length is 0 to 31, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters
from 32 to 126.
Confirm New Password
The new password must be entered twice to catch typing errors.
Buttons
Submit
: Click to submit changes.
Authentication Method Configuration
The authentication section allows you to configure how a user is authenticated when he logs into the switch via one
of the management client interfaces. The table has one row for each client type and a number of columns, which are:
Client
The management client for which the configuration below applies.
Methods
Method can be set to one of the following values:
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no: Authentication is disabled and login is not possible.
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local: Use the local user database on the switch for authentication.
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radius: Use remote RADIUS server(s) for authentication.
Methods that involves remote servers are timed out if the remote servers are offline. In this case the next
method is tried. Each method is tried from left to right and continues until a method either approves or
rejects a user. If a remote server is used for primary authentication it is recommended to configure
secondary authentication as 'local'. This will enable the management client to login via the local user
