User`s manual

DWS-1008 User’s Manual

D-Link Systems, Inc.

Conguring AAA for Administrative and Local Access

Types of Administrative Access

MSS allows you access to the switch with the following types of administrative access:

• Console - Access via only the console port.

• Telnet - Users who access MSS via the Telnet protocol.

• Secure Shell (SSH) - Users who access MSS via the SSH protocol.

First-Time Conguration via the Console

Administrators must initially congure the DWS-1008 switch with a computer or terminal

connected to the DWS-1008 console port through a serial cable. Telnet access is not initially

enabled.

To congure a previously uncongured DWS-1008 switch via the console, you must complete

the following tasks:

• Enable an administrator.

• Congure authentication.

• Optionally, congure accounting.

• Save the conguration.

Enabling an Administrator

To enable yourself as an administrator, you must log in to the DWS-1008 switch from the

console. Until you set the enable password and congure authentication, the default username

and password are blank. Press Enter when prompted for them. To enable an administrator:

1. Log in to the DWS-1008 switch from the serial console, and press Enter when the switch

displays a username prompt:

Username:

2. Press Enter when the DWS-1008 switch displays a password prompt.

Password:

3. Type enable to go into enabled mode.

DWS-1008> enable

4. Press Enter to display an enabled-mode command prompt:

DWS-1008#

Once you see this prompt after you have typed the enable command, you have administrative

privileges, which allow you to further congure the DWS-1008 switch.