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SE400 SERIES
Recommended Practices
One of the easiest things to do to help increase the security posture of the network infrastruc-
ture is to implement a policy and standard for secure management. This practice is an easy
way to maintain a healthy and secure network.
After you have performed the basic configurations on your switches, the following is a recom-
mendation which is considered best practice policy.
In keeping with good management and security practices, it is recommended that you change
the default password as soon as the device is functioning and set up correctly. The following
details the necessary steps to change the default password.
To change the password:
1.
Navigate to
Tools
>
User Account
.
2.
From the User drop-down menu, select the Admin (default) account.
3.
In the
User Name
field, enter admin for this account. It is not necessary to change the
user name, however, a change in the default settings increases the security settings.
4.
In the
Password
field, type in the new password. Re-type the same password in the
Retype Password
field.
5.
Click
Apply
to change the current account settings.
Figure 32: Changing a Default Password
After saving all the desired settings, perform a system save (
Tools
>
Save Configura-
tion
). The changes are saved.
Changing Default Password
