privilege level level
–level level: The range is from 0 to 15. Levels 0, 1, and 15 are pre-configured. Levels 2 to 14 are
available for custom configuration.
• Specify either a plain text or encrypted password.
LINE mode
password [encryption-type] password
Configure the following optional and required parameters:
–encryption-type: Enter 0 for plain text or 7 for encrypted text.
–password: Enter a text string up to 25 characters long.
To view the password configured for a terminal, use the show config command in LINE mode.

Enabling and Disabling Privilege Levels

To enable and disable privilege levels, use the following commands.
• Set a user’s security level.
EXEC Privilege mode
enable or enable privilege-level
If you do not enter a privilege level, the system sets it to 15 by default.
• Move to a lower privilege level.
EXEC Privilege mode
disable level-number
–level-number: The level-number you wish to set.
If you enter disable without a level-number, your security level is 1.
RADIUS
Remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) is a distributed client/server protocol.
This protocol transmits authentication, authorization, and configuration information between a central
RADIUS server and a RADIUS client (the Dell Networking system). The system sends user information to
the RADIUS server and requests authentication of the user and password. The RADIUS server returns one
of the following responses:
•Access-Accept — the RADIUS server authenticates the user.
•Access-Reject — the RADIUS server does not authenticate the user.
If an error occurs in the transmission or reception of RADIUS packets, you can view the error by enabling
the debug radius command.
Transactions between the RADIUS server and the client are encrypted (the users’ passwords are not sent
in plain text). RADIUS uses UDP as the transport protocol between the RADIUS server host and the client.
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