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Avaya P460 Installation and Maintenance Guide 55
Chapter 9
User Authentication
Introduction
User Authentication is an important element of maintaining secure networks. It
prevents unauthorized network management and stops users from reconfiguring
network devices.
Local User Accounts
The Local User Account feature allows you to define up to ten accounts that can
manage a local (single) P460 switch. This simplifies administration on small
networks or where users do not log in to more than one switch.
Note: If you wish to define more than ten users per switch, or accounts for a user on
multiple switches, you should use RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service). Refer to “RADIUS“ on page 57.
You need to define a user name, password and access level for each user.
Access Levels
In addition to the user name and password, you need to assign an access level for
each user. There are three access levels, each of which allows the user only to
perform certain actions. Refer to Table 9.1 for a brief description of each level.
Table 9.1 Access Level Descriptions
Level Suitable for... Allows...
Read-only General users Viewing of system parameter values.
Read-write Site personnel Access to configuration options.
Administrator Network
administrator As “read-write” plus configuring Local
User accounts and access to RADIUS
authentication configuration commands