Passwords Screen
3-26 Accessing Local Management
Field Descriptions
Refer to Tabl e 3-5 for a functional description of each screen field.
Table 3-5 Module Login Passwords Screen Field Descriptions
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Password
(Modifiable)
Enter the password used to access the device according to an access
policy.
Access Policy
(Read-only) See the access given each password. Possible selections are as follows:
read-only This password allows read-only access to the Local
Management, and excludes access to
security-protected fields of read-write or super-user
authorization.
read-write This password allows re ad and write access to Local
Management, excluding security protected fields for
super-user access only.
super-user This password permits read-write access to Local
Management and allows the user to change all
modifiable parameters including community names, IP
addresses, traps, and SNMP objects.
SWITCH 8
(Toggle)
Enable or disable the function of hardware switch S8 on the main
board of the device. When set to ENABLED, S8 can be used to clear
the password. When set to DISABLED, S8 cannot be used to clear the
password. The default is Enable.
Restrict NVRAM
Passwords from
Upload/Download
(Toggle)
Prevent passwords residing in NVRAM from being replaced when
downloading a configuration file. The default setting is DISABLED.
This prevents the passwords from being downloaded.