SMC Networks SMC6724L3 User Authentication, Resetting the System, Configuring the Logon Password

CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Resetting the System

Web – Click System, Reset. Click the Reset button to restart the switch.

CLI – Use the reload command to restart the switch.

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System will be	restarted, continue <y/n>?

Note: When restarting the system, it will always run the Power-On Self-Test.

User Authentication

Use the Passwords or Radius menu to restrict management access based on specified user names and passwords. You can manually configure access rights on the switch (Passwords menu), or you can use a remote access authentication server based on the RADIUS protocol (Radius menu). After you set up user names and passwords on the RADIUS server, you can use IEEE 802.1x port authentication to control access to specific ports (dot1X menu).

Configuring the Logon Password

The guest only has read access for most configuration parameters. However, the administrator has write access for all parameters governing the onboard agent. You should therefore assign a new administrator password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. (If for some reason your password is lost, you can delete all the user-defined configuration files to restore the factory defaults and the default password as described in “Upgrading Firmware via the Serial Port” on page B-1.)

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