Black Box 5000 Network Security, Three menu options are detailed in -6, which is on the next

Multiserver 5000

11.5 Network Security

Protecting selected portions of the Command Mode and the Command Facility involves two types of security: password protection and lock-out configuration.

PASSWORDS

Passwords are security protection for the Multiserver. Four types of password protection can be assigned to the Multiserver unit: Command Facility, Channel, Class, and LCD/Keypad. Channel and Class passwords can be displayed from the Command Facility. Command Facility and LCD/Keypad passwords are not recorded for display anywhere. (If the Command Facility or LCD/Keypad password is forgotten, a cold start is required. A cold start returns the Multiserver to factory defaults, thus erasing all configurations done by the system manager or individual users.)

Password Syntax:	Valid global and status
	passwords must use upper
	case alpha-numeric (A to Z, 0
	to 9) characters, with a
	maximum length of eight
	characters.
NULL Passwords:	By factory default, all
	passwords are NULL (no)
	passwords. If a password is
	currently configured and is
	no longer required, enter a
	space at the password
	prompt. Press <cr>.

Channel Passwords are configured in the Async Switching Parameters menu (as option 9). For information on configuring channel passwords, see

Section 10.7, Asynchronous Channel Switching Parameters, and Table 10-2. To view channel passwords, access Async Channel Switching Parameters in the View Configuration menu. See

Section 10.12, Review Switching Configuration for an Async Channel, for detailed information on this procedure.

Class passwords are configured in the Class Parameters Menu, as option 3. For information on configuring class passwords, see Section 10.8,

Classes, and Table 10-3. To view the class passwords, enter the Review Configuration menu and choose option 5 (classes). Information on reviewing class passwords is also found in Section 10.8, Classes.

Command Facility Passwords and the LCD/Keypad Password are configured through the Passwords menu, which is option 12 of the Configure Local Nodes menu.

COMMAND FACILITY MAIN MENU [node id]

3 CONFIGURE LOCAL NODES

CONFIGURE LOCAL NODES [node id]

12 PASSWORDS

PASSWORD

1.GLOBAL (ALLOWS ANY COMMAND OR TEST)

2.STATUS (VIEW,STATUS ONLY)

3.LCD/KEYPAD

CR - ACCEPT ENTRY

M- MAIN MENU

ENTRY:

The three menu options are detailed in Table 11-6, which is on the next page.

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