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Version Description
8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
Only Dell Networking Technical Support staff use this command.
enable secret
Change the password for the enable command.
Syntax
enable secret [level level] [encryption-type] password
To delete a password, use the no enable secret [encryption-type] password [level
level] command.
Parameters
level level (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword level then a number as the level of access. The
range is from 1 to 15.
encryption-type
(OPTIONAL) Enter the number 5 or 0 as the encryption type.
Enter a 5 then a text string as the hidden password. The text string must be a
password that was already encrypted by a Dell Networking router.
Use this parameter only with a password that you copied from the show
running-config file of another Dell Networking router.
password Enter a text string, up to 32 characters long, as the clear text password.
Defaults No password is configured. level = 15.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
To control access to command modes, use this command to define a password for a level and use the
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) command.
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
● Start with a letter, not a number.
● Passwords can have a regular expression as the password. To create a password with a regular
expression in it, use CNTL + v prior to entering regular expression. For example, to create the
password abcd]e, you type “abcd CNTL v ]e”. When the password is created, you do not use the
CNTL + v key combination and enter “abcd]e”.
NOTE: The question mark (?) is not a supported character.
Related
Commands
show running-config — views the current configuration.
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) — controls access to the command modes within the switch.
enable sha256-password
Configure SHA-256 based password for the enable command.
Syntax
enable sha256-password [level level] [encryption-type] password
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