
50CHAPTER 3: MANAGING YOUR SWITCH
Default Users and | If you intend to manage the switch using the web interface or the command line | |
Passwords | interface, or to change the default passwords, you need to log in with a valid user | |
| name and password. The switch has three default user names, and each user | |
| name has a different password and level of access. These default users are listed in | |
| Table 18. | |
| CAUTION: To protect your switch from unauthorized access, you must change all | |
| three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not intend to actively | |
| manage your switch. | |
| Table 18 Default Users |
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User | Default |
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Name | Password | Access Level |
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monitor | monitor | monitor |
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| The user can view all manageable parameters, except |
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| special/security features, but cannot change any |
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| manageable parameters |
manager | manager | manager |
admin (no password)
The user can access and change the operational parameters but not special/security features
security
The user can access and change all manageable parameters
Use the admin default user name (no password) to login and carry out initial switch setup.
To set a password for the admin user in the CLI, enter the following from system view:
(where xxxxxxxx is your chosen password).
Save the configuration in the User View.
For information on the lost password procedure refer to the Configuration Guide that is supplied with your switch.