Dell PowerConnect 5548 User Guide - Page 319

- Authentication Method - Select an authentication method used to authenticate users. The possible options are: • None - No user authentication is used. • MD5 Password - HMAC-MD5-96 password is used for authentication. • SHA Password - Users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA96 authentication level. • MD5 Key - Users are authenticated using the HMAC-MD5 algorithm. • SHA Key - Users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level. - Password (0-32 Characters) - If the MD5 Password or SHA Password authentication method was selected, enter the user-defined password for a group. - Authentication Key (MD5-16; SHA-20 Hex Characters) - If the MD5 Key or SHA Key authentication method was selected, enter the HMAC-MD5-96 or HMAC-SHA-96 keys. The authentication and privacy keys are entered to define the authentication key. If only authentication is required, 16 bytes are defined for MD5. If both privacy and authentication are required, 32 bytes are defined for MD5. Each byte in hexadecimal character strings is two hexadecimal digits. Each byte can be separated by a period or a colon. - Privacy Key (16 Hex Characters) - If the MD5 Key or SHA Key authentication method was selected, enter the privacy key. If only authentication is required, 20 bytes are defined. If both privacy and authentication are required, 16 bytes are defined. Each byte in hexadecimal character strings is two hexadecimal digits. Each byte can be separated by a period or colon. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 319