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50 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT Pre-requisites ■ Documentation supplied with the SNMP network management application software. To manage your Switch using an SNMP network management application, you need to specify SNMP community strings for the users defined on the Switch. You can do this using the command line interface system management snmp community command - refer to the command line interface section of the "SuperStack 3 Switch Management Interface Reference Guide" for more information. Default Users and Passwords If you intend to manage the Switch using the web interface or the command line interface, or to change the default passwords, you need to log in with a valid user name and password. The Switch has three default user names, and each user name has a different password and level of access. These default users are listed in Table 9. CAUTION: To protect your Switch from unauthorized access, you must change all three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not intend to actively manage your Switch Table 9 Default Users User Name monitor manager admin Default Password Access Level monitor monitor - the user can view all manageable parameters, except special/security features, but cannot change any manageable parameters. manager manager - the user can access and change the operational parameters but not special/security features (no security - the user can access and change all manageable password) parameters Use the admin default user name (no password) to login and carry out initial Switch setup. Changing Default Passwords You can change the default passwords using either: ■ The gettingStarted command on the CLI, or ■ The security device user modify command on the CLI, or

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50
C
HAPTER
3: S
ETTING
U
P
FOR
M
ANAGEMENT
Pre-requisites
■
Documentation supplied with the SNMP network management
application software.
To manage your Switch using an SNMP network management
application, you need to specify SNMP community strings for the users
defined on the Switch. You can do this using the command line interface
system management snmp community
command — refer to the
command line interface section of the “SuperStack 3 Switch
Management Interface Reference Guide” for more information.
Default Users and
Passwords
If you intend to manage the Switch using the web interface or the
command line interface, or to change the default passwords, you need to
log in with a valid user name and password. The Switch has three default
user names, and each user name has a different password and level of
access. These default users are listed in
Table 9
.
CAUTION:
To protect your Switch from unauthorized access, you must
change all three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not
intend to actively manage your Switch
Table 9
Default Users
Use the admin default user name (no password) to login and carry out
initial Switch setup.
Changing Default
Passwords
You can change the default passwords using either:
■
The
gettingStarted
command on the CLI, or
■
The
security device user modify
command on the CLI, or
User
Name
Default
Password
Access Level
monitor
monitor
monitor — the user can view all manageable parameters,
except special/security features, but cannot change any
manageable parameters.
manager
manager
manager — the user can access and change the
operational parameters but not special/security features
admin
(no
password)
security — the user can access and change all manageable
parameters