Configuring Username and Password Security

Front-Panel Security

Modify the operation of the Reset+Clear combination (page 2-25)so that the switch still reboots, but does not restore the switch’s factory default configuration settings. (Use of the Reset button alone, to simply reboot the switch, is not affected.)

Disable or re-enable Password Recovery.

Syntax: show front-panel-security

Displays the current front-panel-security settings:

Clear Password: Shows the status of the Clear button on the front panel of the switch. Enabled means that pressing the Clear button erases the local usernames and passwords configured on the switch (and thus removes local password protection from the switch). Disabled means that pressing the Clear button does not remove the local usernames and passwords configured on the switch. (Default: Enabled.)

Reset-on-clear:Shows the status of the reset-on-clear option (Enabled or Disabled). When reset-on-clear is disabled and Clear Password is enabled, then pressing the Clear button erases the local usernames and passwords from the switch. When reset-on-clear is enabled, pressing the Clear button erases the local usernames and passwords from the switch and reboots the switch. (Enabling reset-on-clearautomatically enables clear-password.) (Default: Disabled.)

Note: If you have stored security credentials (including the local manager and operator usernames and passwords) to the running config file by entering the include-credentialscommand, the Reset-on-clearoption is ignored. If you press the Clear button on the front panel, the manager and operator usernames and passwords are deleted from the startup configuration file, but the switch does not reboot. For more information about storing security credentials, see “Saving Security Credentials in a Config File” on page 2-10in this guide.

Factory Reset: Shows the status of the System Reset button on the front panel of the switch. Enabled means that pressing the System Reset button reboots the switch and also enables the System Reset button to be used with the Clear button (page

2-25)to reset the switch to its factory-default configuration. (Default: Enabled.)

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