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BCM50 Administration Guide

Task List

Getting started with BCM50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Overview of BCM50 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

BCM50 Management Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

BCM50 Security Policies and Accounts and Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

To set system access control policies ...........................................................................81
To set credential complexity ..........................................................................................81
To set lockout policy for failed logins.............................................................................82
To set password expiry policy .......................................................................................83
To set password history.................................................................................................83
To set the authentication method ..................................................................................84
To configure an authentication server in Element Manager ..........................................84
To set the idle session timeout ......................................................................................88
To upload a Web Server Certificate ..............................................................................88
To transfer an SSH Key-Pair .........................................................................................89
To add a new user account ...........................................................................................90
To modify a user account ..............................................................................................91
To add callback for a dial-up user .................................................................................92
To add Telset access for a user ....................................................................................92
To delete a user account ...............................................................................................93
To change a user’s password........................................................................................93
To change the current user’s password ........................................................................93
To create a group ..........................................................................................................94
To delete a group ..........................................................................................................94
To modify group privileges ............................................................................................95
To add a user account to a group..................................................................................95
To delete a user account from a group..........................................................................95
To release a locked-out user .........................................................................................96
To enable or disable an account immediately ...............................................................96
To enable or disable an account on a timed basis ........................................................96
To enable/disable exclusive access ..............................................................................97

Using the BCM50 Hardware Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

To view or update information about the BCM50 main chassis ..................................126
To view or update BCM50 system expansion information ..........................................128
To view or update other information about the BCM50 main unit ...............................129
To view information about attached devices ...............................................................130
To view additional information about the BCM50 hardware inventory ........................132

Managing BCM50 with SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

To configure the BCM50 SNMP agent ........................................................................136
To configure BCM50 SNMP settings...........................................................................136
To add an SNMP manager to the BCM50 SNMP manager list...................................137
To delete an SNMP manager ......................................................................................138
To delete a community string value.............................................................................139