Nortel Networks 380-24F manual Setting up security

70Chapter 4 Web management interface basics

Setting up security

To set passwords and RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) authentication settings for the for the switch, use the Security pages. These pages allow you to create or modify the passwords of a switch, and allow you to set the security parameters for remote dial access users.

Note: Nortel Networks recommends that when you install the switch, you set the initial system passwords using the console interface. After that, you can update them using the Web management interface. For information about using the console interface, refer to Using the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch.

To set console, Web, and Telnet passwords and RADIUS authentication settings:

From the main menu, choose Administration > Security.

Four options are displayed:

•Web

Allows you to define Web password settings.

•Telnet

Allows you to define Telnet password settings.

•Console

Allows you to define console password settings.

•Radius

Allows you to set the server parameters that will provide authentication, authorization, and accounting for RADIUS.

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