User manual

Introduction

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Logging In and Logging Out

• Non-printable and extended ASCII characters can be entered by

using a backslash.

• Two hexadecimal characters must follow the backslash.

• All printable ASCII characters can be entered using the keyboard

or using its hexadecimal value except for the backslash character.

If a backslash is desired as part of the password its hexadecimal

representation must be used.

NOTE: Spaces are valid, but the whole password or secret must be in quotes,

or you need to use the hexadecimal value for the quote. Also, when you login

to CLI, you will need to use quotes around the password again.

The following are examples of valid secrets.

simplesecret****

This is an example of a secret that does not use any special characters.

\40\72\A3\F9\12\13\14\15\16\17\18\19\55\33\87\42

This is an example of a 4 character length secret that is configured

using the hexadecimal representation.

a9p\40\40xx\44\88kutfe\89h

This is an example of a 7 character length secret that are composed of

a mix using hexadecimal and the printable ASCII characters.

Globally available commands

The following commands are available globally to all types of users.

In addition, these commands can be entered from any position in the

CLI command tree.

Syntax login

Purpose This command allows a Telnet client to connect to the switch.

Description This command allows the user to log in with either administrator or

operator access rights.