Users Guide

Version Description
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
To control access to command modes, use this command to dene 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-cong — views the current conguration.
• privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) — controls access to the command modes within the switch.
enable sha256-password
Congure SHA-256 based password for the enable command.
Syntax
enable sha256-password [level level] [encryption-type] password
To delete a password, use the no enable sha256-password [encryption-type] password
[level level] command.
Parameters
sha256-password Enter the keyword sha256-password then the encryption-type or the password.
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 8 or 0 as the encryption type.
Enter 8 to enter the sha256–based hashed password.
password Enter a text string, up to 32 characters long, as the clear text password.
Defaults No password is congured. level = 15.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
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