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Chapter 12 Command Line Interface Reference

monitor password

To set the password used for view-only access to the SN 5428-2 Storage Router management interface,

use the monitor password command. Access may be via Telnet or SSH (for CLI) or web-based GUI.

monitor password string

Syntax Description

Defaults The default password is cisco.

Command Modes Administrator.

Command History

Usage Guidelines The management interface is password protected. You must enter passwords when accessing the storage

router via the CLI or web-based GUI. (Passwords can also be applied to the console interface. See the

restrict console command for additional information.) The Monitor mode password provides view-only

access to the management interface, while the Administrator mode password allows you to create entities

and make changes to the configuration of the storage router system.

To clear the Monitor mode password, set the password string to “” , effectively setting it to nothing.

Note If Login authentication is enabled for the storage router, users are prompted for both a user name and a

password when accessing the storage router via a console, Telnet or SSH management session.

In a cluster environment, the Administrator mode and Monitor mode passwords are cluster-wide

configuration elements and apply to all storage routers in a cluster. The password management functions

are handled by a single storage router. To determine which storage router is performing password

management functions, issue the show cluster command. If you issue the monitor password command

from a storage router that is not performing password management functions, the CLI displays an

informational message with the name of the node that is currently handling those functions.

Examples The following example sets the Monitor mode password to M17g23. All passwords are case sensitive.

[SN5428-2A]# monitor password M17g23

Note The password is displayed in clear text as the command is entered, but it is changed to a series of number

signs (#####) when the change is acknowledged.

string A case-sensitive password associated with view-only access to the storage

router management interface. The default password is cisco.

Release Modification

3.2.1 This command was introduced.