Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch manual

Setting Up End-User Profiles	Managing Switch User Accounts

Setting Up End-User Profiles

End-user profiles are designed for user accounts in the carrier market. With end-user profiles, a network administrator can configure customer login accounts that restrict users to particular command areas over particular ports and/or VLANs.

End-user profiles are only managed and stored on the switch; profiles are not stored on external servers.

Note. End-user profiles cannot be used in conjunction with user partitioned management; the features are mutually exclusive.

The following table shows the end-user command areas and the commands associated with each area:

Area Keyword	Available Commands

physical	trap port link	interfaces alias
	flow	interfaces
	flow wait	interfaces no L2 statistics
	interfaces admin	show interfaces
vlan-table	vlan	vlan dhcp mac
	vlan stp	vlan dhcp mac range
	vlan authentication	vlan dhcp port
	vlan router ipx	vlan dhcp generic
	vlan port default	vlan binding mac-ip-port
	show vlan	vlan binding mac-port-protocol
	show vlan port	vlan binding mac-port
	show vlan router mac status	vlan binding mac-ip
	vlan 802.1q	vlan binding ip-port
	vlan 802.1q	vlan binding port-protocol
	vlan 802.1q frame type	vlan mac
	vlan 802.1q force tag internal	vlan mac range
	show 802.1q	vlan ip
		vlan ipx
		vlan protocol
		vlan user
		vlan port
		vlan port mobile
		vlan port default vlan restore
		vlan port authenticate
		show vlan rules
		show vlan port mobile
mac-filtering-table	mac-address-table
	mac-address-table aging-time
	show mac-address-table
	show mac-address-table count
	show mac-address aging-time
spantree	show spantree
	show spantree ports
basic-ip-routing	show arp

ip-routes-table	show ip route

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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide March 2005

omniswitch specifications

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Setting Up End-User Profiles

Area Keyword

Available Commands

physical

vlan-table

mac-filtering-table

ip-routes-table

show ip route

OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide March 2005

omniswitch specifications