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Assigning permanent passwords
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Assigning permanent passwords
The factory-configured default accounts on the switch are admin and user. Use the default
administrative account as shown in
Table 9 to log in to the switch for the first time and to perform
the basic configuration tasks. The user account is read-only and used primarily for system
monitoring.
Changing the default account passwords
When you change the default account password after you log in for the first time, only the default
password rule is in effect. The rule specifies a minimum password length of eight characters. For
advanced user and role management, including setting password rules, refer to the Security
chapter of the Network OS Administrator’s Guide.
NOTE
Passwords can be 8 to 40 characters long. They must begin with an alphabetic character. They can
include numeric characters, the period (.), and the underscore (_) only. Passwords are
case-sensitive, and they are not displayed when you enter them on the command line. The available
roles are admin and user. For more information on passwords, refer to the Network OS
Administrator’s Guide.
1. Log on to the switch using the admin account (the default password is password).
2. Enter configure terminal to change to global configuration mode.
switch# configure terminal
Entering configuration mode terminal
3. Enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration mode.
4. Enter the username command followed by the account name and the password parameter.
5. When prompted, enter the new password. and press Enter.
Following is an example of using these commands:
Switch# configure terminal
Entering configuration mode terminal
switch(config)# username admin password [new-password]
(<WORD>;;User password satisfying password-attributes):********
TABLE 9 Default administrative account names and passwords
Account type Login name Password
Administrative admin password
User account (read-only) user password