Extreme Networks Summit1 manual Configuring Management Access

ACCESSING THE SWITCH

CONFIGURING MANAGEMENT ACCESS

The Summit supports the following two level levels of management:

•User

•Administrator

A user-level account has viewing access to all manageable parameters, with the exception of the following:

•User account database

•SNMP community strings

A user-level account can use the ping command to test device reachability, and change the password assigned to the account name. If you have logged on with user capabilities, the command-line prompt will end with a (>) sign. For example:

Summit1:2>

An administrator-level account can view and change all switch parameters. It can also add and delete users, and change the password associated with any account name. The administrator can disconnect a management session that has been established by way of a Telnet connection. If this happens, the user logged on by way of the Telnet connection is notified that the session has been terminated.

If you have logged on with administrator capabilities, the command-line prompt will end with a (#) sign. For example:

Summit1:18#

The prompt text is taken from the SNMP sysname setting. The number that follows the colon indicates the sequential line/command number.

If an asterisk (*) appears in front of the command-line prompt, it indicates that you have outstanding configuration changes that have not been saved. For example:

*Summit1:19#

For more information on saving configuration changes, refer to Chapter 14.

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