Users Guide

○ interface — Accesses Ethernet, fibre-channel, loopback, management, null, port-group, lag, breakout, range,
port-channel, and VLAN modes.
○ route-map — Accesses route-map mode.
○ router — Accesses router-bgp and router-ospf modes.
○ line — Accesses line-vty mode.
● priv-lvl privilege-level — Enter the number of a privilege level, from 2 to 14.
● command-string — Enter the command supported at the privilege level.
For sysadmin, netadmin, and secadmin roles, you cannot configure a privilege level less than 2 .
2. Configure an enable password for each privilege level in CONFIGURATION mode.
enable password encryption-type password-string priv-lvl privilege-level
● encryption-type — Enter an encryption type for the password entry:
○ 0 — Use plain text with no password encryption.
○ sha-256 — Encrypt the password using the SHA-256 algorithm.
○ sha-512 — Encrypt the password using the SHA-512 algorithm.
● priv-lvl privilege-level — Enter a privilege level, from 1 to 15.
OS10(config)# privilege exec priv-lvl 3 "show version"
OS10(config)# enable password 0 P@$$w0Rd priv-lvl 3
OS10(config)# privilege exec priv-lvl 12 "configure terminal"
OS10(config)# privilege configure priv-lvl 12 route-map
OS10(config)# privilege route-map priv-lvl 12 "set local-preference"
OS10(config)# enable password sha-256 $5$2uThib1o$84p.tykjmz/w7j26ymoKBjrb7uepkUB priv-
lvl 12
Passwords for user accounts
OS10 allows you to configure password check and strength for the user accounts.
Configuration notes
All Dell EMC PowerSwitches except MX-Series, S4200-Series, S5200 Series, and Z9332F-ON:
When you enter a password in an OS10 command, either at a password prompt or in the command syntax, you can enter only
alphanumeric and certain special characters - $ - _ . + ! * ' () - unencoded. You cannot enter any other special characters in the
password. Use URL encoding instead.
For example, in the image download command, the password a@b is not accepted: image download ftp://
username:a@b@10.11.63.122/filename. You must enter the password as image download ftp://username:a
%40b@10.11.63.122/filename. The URL encoding for @ is %40. For information about other characters that require URL
encoding, go to URL Encoding.
Enable user lockout
By default, a maximum of three consecutive failed password attempts is supported on the switch. You can set a limit to the
maximum number of allowed password retries with a specified lockout period for the user ID. Audit logs include authentication
failures on the console as well.
This feature is available only for the sysadmin and secadmin roles.
NOTE:
If you are downgrading OS10 to a release earlier than 10.5.2.1, check the password-attributes command and
ensure that only the supported parameters are configured.
● Configure user lockout settings in CONFIGURATION mode.
password-attributes {[max-retry number ] [lockout-period minutes] [console-exempt]}
○ max-retry number — Sets the maximum number of consecutive failed login attempts for a user before the user is
locked out, from 0 to 16; default 3.
○ lockout-period minutes — Sets the amount of time that a user ID is prevented from accessing the system after
exceeding the maximum number of failed login attempts, from 0 to 43,200; default 5.
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