Q-Logic 59048-02 A manual Managing User Accounts, Factory User Accounts

Section 4

Managing Switches

This section describes the following tasks that manage switches in the fabric.

„Managing user accounts

„Displaying switch information

„Managing alarms

„Exporting name server information to a file

„Paging a switch

„Resetting a switch

„Setting the date and time

„Configuring a switch

„Archiving a switch

„Restoring a switch

„Managing firmware

„Restoring the factory default configuration

4.1

Managing User Accounts

A user account consists of the following:

„Account name

„Password

„Authority level

„Expiration date

Switches come from the factory with the following user accounts:

Table 4-1. Factory User Accounts

Account Name	Password	Admin Authority	Expiration
admin	password	True	Permanent
images	images	False	Permanent

The Admin account is for configuring the switch for the first time. After creating your own user accounts, consider changing the password for this account. The Admin account has Admin authority which means that this account can view and

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