HP AA-RW20A-TE 3 Managing switches, Managing user accounts

3 Managing switches

This section describes the following tasks that manage switches in the fabric.

•Managing user accounts, page 63

•Displaying switch information, page 68

•Configuring port threshold alarms, page 73

•Paging a switch, page 74

•Setting the date/time and enabling NTP client, page 74

•Resetting a switch, page 75

•Configuring a switch, page 76

•Archiving a switch, page 85

•Restoring a switch, page 86

•Restoring the factory default configuration, page 87

•Downloading a support file, page 88

•Installing firmware, page 89

•Installing Product Feature Enablement (PFE) keys, page 88

•Displaying hardware status, page 91

Managing user accounts

Only the Admin account can manage user accounts with the User Account Administration dialogs. However, any user can modify their own password. Select Switch > User Accounts in the faceplate display to open the User Account Administration dialog.

A user account consists of the following:

•Account name or login

•Password

•Authority level

•Expiration date

Switches come from the factory with the following user accounts:

Table 8 Factory user accounts

Account name	Password	Admin authority	Expiration
admin	admin	true	never expires
images	images	false	never expires

The Admin account is the only user that can manage all user accounts with the User Account Administration dialogs. The Admin account can create, remove, or modify user accounts, and change account passwords. The Admin account can also view and modify the switch and its configuration with McDATA Web Server. The Admin account can not be removed.

Users with Admin authority can view and modify the switch and its configuration using McDATA Web Server. Users without Admin authority are limited to viewing switch status and configuration.

The Images account is used to exchange files with the switch using FTP. The Images account can not be removed.

NOTE: If the same user account exists on a switch and its RADIUS server, that user can login with either password, but the authority and account expiration will always come from the switch database.

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