Network Technologies Console Switch Advanced Settings, Change administrator password

NTI SERIMUX SERIES CONSOLE SWITCH

Advanced Settings

From the "Administrator main menu", press [7] to display the “Advanced settings” menu.

	Figure 14- Administrator's Advanced settings menu
From the "Advanced settings" menu the administrator can perform the following functions:
Setting	Description	Value
Administrator	Define the password to be used by the	Max. 31 characters.
Password	administrator	This can only be changed if old password is known.
		(If SERIMUX is re-initialized, the password will change back
		to 'NTI")
Administrator	the time interval of administrator inactivity,	0-90 minutes 0 = Never
Timeout	prior to logging out.
Unit name	Name assigned to the SERIMUX	Max. 40 characters
User to auto login	User assigned to automatically login at	Index number of any enabled user that has access to the port
	power up without a password.	being used for the user port
Connect two host	Connect two host ports together	Enter host port index number, press [Enter], second host port
ports		index number, and press [Enter] again
Firmware	Display the firmware menu	See pg. 19

FYI: If at powerup the auto-login user does not have access to port being used, a login by a valid user with access rights will be required.

Change administrator password

For security purposes the administrator should change the factory default administrator password to a unique password. This will prevent unauthorized access to switch functions and CPUs. The password is needed to log in from any device, connected to any SERIMUX port in buffer mode.

To change the administrator password, from the Administrator main menu;

-press [7] to choose Advanced settings and press [Enter]. The Advanced settings menu will appear (Fig. 14)

-press [1] and a prompt for the old password will appear

-enter the old password (factory default password is "NTI") and press [Enter]

-enter a new password (maximum 31 ASCII characters), using the [Backspace] key to erase any characters entered

in error, and press [Enter]

-re-enter the password to confirm it, and press [Enter]

-a message "OK" will appear, press any key to return to the Advanced settings menu

NOTE: The password entered will be case sensitive so be sure to note what characters are used and what case they are in if any are alphabetical. The password characters are displayed as ‘*’ (asterisk) characters while entering them.

NOTE: If the administrator password is not known, the administrator must re-initialize the SERIMUX following the "Initialize SERIMUX Console Switch to default settings" instructions on page 27.

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