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3.5
Fabric Security
Fabric security consists of the following:
User account security
Fabric services
3.5.1
User Account Security
User account security consists of the administration of account names, passwords, expiration date, and authority level. If an account has Admin authority, all management tasks can be performed by that account in both SANsurfer Switch Manager™ and the Telnet command line interface. Otherwise, only monitoring tasks are available. The default account name, Admin, is the only account that can create or change account names and passwords. Account names and passwords are always required when connecting to a switch. Consider your management needs and determine the number of user accounts, their authority needs, and expiration dates.
3.5.2
Fabric Services
Fabric services include
You can also enable or disable the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP is the protocol governing network management and monitoring of network devices. SNMP security consists of a read community string and a write community string, that are the passwords that control read and write access to the switch. The read community string ("public") and write community string ("private") are set at the factory to these
