3Com 3CR16708-91, 3CR16709-91 manual Default Users, User Default Name Password Access Level

48CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT

automatically loads the correct MIBs and necessary files onto your workstation.

Pre-requisites■ Documentation supplied with the SNMP network management application software.

To manage your Switch using an SNMP network management application, you need to specify SNMP community strings for the users defined on the Switch. You can do this using the Web management interface — refer to the command line interface section of the “Switch Management Interface Reference Guide” for more information.

Default Users and If you intend to manage the Switch using the web interface or the

Passwordscommand line interface, or to change the default passwords, you need to log in with a valid user name and password. The Switch has two default user names, and each user name has a different password and level of access. These default users are listed in Table 9.

CAUTION: To protect your Switch from unauthorized access, you must change the two default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not intend to actively manage your Switch

Table 9	Default Users
User	Default
Name	Password	Access Level
monitor	monitor	monitor — the user can view all manageable parameters,
		but cannot change any manageable parameters
admin	(no	security — the user can access and change all manageable
	password)	parameters

Changing Default Passwords

Use the admin default user name (no password) to login and carry out initial Switch setup.

You can change the default passwords using either:

■The gettingStarted command on the CLI, or

■The Security > Device > User > Modify operation on the web interface.