APC AP9211 - Manual (Page 46)

MasterSwitch Power Distribution Unit User’s Guide 42
Security
Authentication
continued
Summary of access
methods
Interface Security Access Notes
Serial Control
Console Access is by user name and
password.
Always enabled.
Telnet Control
Console
These methods are available:
• User name and password
• Selectable server port
• Server Enable/Disable The user name and password
are transmitted as plain text.
SNMP
These methods are available:
• Community Name
•
NMS IP filters
• Agent Enable/Disable
• Four access communities with
read/write/disable capability
NMS IP filters allow access
from either one IP address or
from multiple IP addresses.
You specify multiple NMSs not
by their literal IP addresses
but in the format of an
NMS IP
filter. See Access control
on page 17 for more
information.
FTP Server
These methods are available:
• User name and password
• Selectable server port
• Server Enable/Disable Only the Administrator
account has access.
Web Server
These methods are available:
• User name and password
• Selectable server port
• Server Enable/Disable
•
MD5 Authentication option
In basic HTTP authentication
mode, the user name and
password are transmitted
base-64 encoded (with no
encryption).
MD5
authentication mode uses a
user name and password
phrase.