Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 5)

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Flash memory and PCMCIA flash card file management
commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Management focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Flash memory file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
PCMCIA flash card file system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Wildcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Formatting a flash card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Determining the current management focus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Switching the management focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Displaying a directory of the files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Displaying the contents of a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Displaying the hexadecimal output of a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Creating a subdirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing a subdirectory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Renaming a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Changing the read-write attribute of a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Deleting a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Recovering (“undeleting”) a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Appending a file to another file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Copying files using the copy command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Copying files using the cp command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Loading the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Saving configuration changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
File management messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 3 Securing Access to Management Functions
Securing access methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Restricting remote access to management functions . . . . . . . . . . .55
Using ACLs to restrict remote access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Restricting remote access to the device to specific
IP addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Specifying the maximum number of login attempts for
Telnet access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Restricting remote access to the device to
specific VLAN IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Disabling specific access methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Setting passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Setting a Telnet password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Setting passwords for management privilege levels . . . . . . . . .64
Recovering from a lost password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Displaying the SNMP community string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Disabling password encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Specifying a minimum password length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Setting up local user accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Configuring a local user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Username, password and login rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Configuring the strict password feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71