Concept Guide

– privilege level: Assign a privilege levels to the user. The range is from 0 to 15.
– role role-name: Assign a role name for the user.
Dell EMC Networking OS encrypts type 5 secret and type 7 password based on dynamic-salt option such that the encrypted
password is dierent when an user is congured with the same password.
NOTE:
dynamic-salt option is shown only with secret and password options.
In dynamic-salt conguration, the length of type 5 secret and type 7 password is 32 and 16 characters more compared to the
secret and password length without dynamic-salt conguration. An error message appears if the username command reaches the
maximum length, which is 256 characters.
Conguring the Enable Password
Access EXEC Privilege mode using the enable command. EXEC Privilege mode is unrestricted by default. Congure a password as a
basic security measure.
There are two types of enable passwords:
• enable password stores the password in the running/startup conguration using a DES encryption method.
• enable secret is stored in the running/startup conguration in using a stronger, MD5 encryption method.
• enable sha256-password is stored in the running/startup conguration using sha256-based encryption method (PBKDF2).
Dell Networking recommends using the enable sha256-password password.
To congure an enable password, use the following command.
• Create a password to access EXEC Privilege mode.
CONFIGURATION mode
enable [password | secret | sha256-password] [level level] [encryption-type] password
– level: is the privilege level, is 15 by default, and is not required
– encryption-type: species how you are inputting the password, is 0 by default, and is not required.
◦ 0 is for inputting the password in clear text.
◦ 5 is for inputting a password that is already encrypted using an MD5 hash. Obtain the encrypted password from the
conguration le of another Dell Networking system. You can only use this for the enable secret password.
◦ 7 is for inputting a password that is already encrypted using a DES hash. Obtain the encrypted password from the conguration
le of another Dell Networking system. You can only use this for the enable password.
◦ 8 is to input a password that is already encrypted using sha256-based encryption method. Obtain the encrypted password from
the conguration le of another device.
Conguration File Management
Files can be stored on and accessed from various storage media. Rename, delete, and copy les on the system from EXEC Privilege mode.
NOTE
: Using ash memory cards in the system that have not been approved by Dell Networking can cause unexpected system
behavior, including a reboot.
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