iLO Security

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Global Security Settings

Global security settings allow the administrator to control access to functions or to control specific actions of functions that have been enabled globally. For example, you can control access to iLO RBSU, enable or disable Lights-Out Functionality, set the Remote Console timeout, Web server SSL and non-SSL ports, virtual media port, and set the minimum password length.

Password Guidelines

The following is a list of recommended password guidelines. Passwords should:

•Never be written down or recorded

•Never be shared with others

•Not be words generally found in a dictionary, or easy to guess words, such as the company name, product names, the user's name, or the user's User ID

•Include at least three of the four following characteristics:

−At least one numeric character

−At least one special character

−At least one lowercase character

−At least one uppercase character

Passwords issued for a temporary user ID, password reset, or a locked-out user ID should also conform to these standards. Each password must be a minimum length of zero characters and a maximum length of 39 characters. The default minimum length is set to eight characters. Setting the minimum password length to fewer than eight characters is not recommended unless you have a physically secure management network that does not extend outside the secure data center.