HP ProCurve 2500 Menu: Setting Manager and Operator passwords

	Using Passwords, Port Security, and Authorized IP Managers To Protect Against Unauthorized Access
		Using Password Security
		If you set a Manager password, you may also want to configure the
		Inactivity Time parameter (see page 5-16). This causes the console session to
		end after the specified period of inactivity, thus giving you added security
		against unauthorized console access.
N o t e		The manager and operator passwords control access to the menu interface,
		the CLI, and the web browser interface.
N o t e		If there is only a Manager password set (with no Operator password), and the
		Manager password is not entered correctly when the console session begins,
		access to the console will be denied.
		If there are both a Manager password and an Operator password, but neither
		is entered correctly, access to the console will be denied.
		If the switch has neither a Manager password nor an Operator password,
		anyone having access to the console interface can operate the console with
		full manager privileges. Also, if only an Operator password is set, entering
		the Operator password enables full manager privileges.
		Passwords are case-sensitive.

The rest of this section covers how to:

■Set Passwords

■Delete Passwords

■Recover from a Lost Password

Menu: Setting Manager and Operator passwords

1.From the Main Menu select:

5. Console Passwords

Authorized and Security,	Port Passwords, Using
IP

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