User manual
Configuration
Basic Configuration
6-10 July 2004 Wide Bank 28 DS3 - Release 2.4
Setting System Security, Users, and Login Passwords
(Security Upgrade Option)
If the Wide Bank is configured with the Security Upgrade option, enhanced security features are
available, including an additional user access level and the ability to disable user interfaces. As with
basic security (described in the previous section), each user can be assigned a user level. Passwords
are required for each user.
With the Security Upgrade option, the Wide Bank supports the following enhanced security
features:
Four levels of users – secu, admin, rw, and ro
Restrictions on the number and types of characters allowed in user names and passwords
The ability to set a time-out value for CLI sessions
The ability to individually disable the user interface ports: Ethernet port, 9-pin RS-232 CLI
port, and 25-pin RS-232 TL1 port
The ability to disable SNMP management
The ability to disable TL1 management
See the following sections for information about security tasks:
Access Levels (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-11
Password Protection (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-11
User Interface Access (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-12
Display Current Security Status (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-13
Change the Security Status (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-13
Add a User and Assign a Password (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-13
Change a User’s Password (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-13
Set a User’s Access Level (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-13
Delete a User (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-13
Show Current User Settings (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-14
Set CLI Time-Out (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-14
Disable Ethernet Port (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-14
Disable 9-Pin RS-232 CLI Port (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-14
Disable 25-Pin RS-232 TL1 Port (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-14
Disable SNMP Management (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-15
Disable TL1 Management (Security Upgrade Option) ... 6-15