User guide

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CCESSING THE
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WITCH
5 Re-enter the new password at the prompt.
If you forget your password while logged out of the command-line interface,
contact your local technical support representative, who will advise on your next
course of action.
C
REATING A
M
ANAGEMENT
A
CCOUNT
The switch can have a total of 16 management accounts. You can use the default names
(admin and user), or you can create new names and passwords for the accounts.
Passwords can have a minimum of 0 characters and can have a maximum of 31
characters.
To create a new account, follow these steps:
1 Log in to the switch as admin.
2 At the password prompt, press [Return], or enter the password that you have
configured for the admin account.
3 Add a new user by using the following command:
create account [admin | user] <username>
4 Enter the password at the prompt.
5 Re-enter the password at the prompt.
V
IEWING ACCOUNTS
To view the accounts that have been created, you must have administrator privileges.
Use the following command to see the accounts:
show accounts
D
ELETING AN
A
CCOUNT
To delete a account, you must have administrator privileges. Use the following
command to delete an account:
delete account <username>
The account name admin cannot be deleted.