Dell Force10 S5000 Getting Started Guide - Page 31

Configuring the Enable Password, Configuring a Host Name, CONFIGURATION MODE

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• Enable password • Telnet password Configuring the Enable Password To access EXEC Privilege mode, use the enable command. EXEC Privilege mode is unrestricted by default. Configure a password as a basic security measure. There are two types of enable passwords: • enable password - stores the password in the running/startup configuration using a data encryption standard (DES) encryption method. • enable secret - is stored in the running/startup configuration in a stronger, MD5 encryption method. NOTE: Dell Networking recommends using the enable secret password. • Create a password to access EXEC Privilege mode. CONFIGURATION MODE enable [password | secret] [level level] [encryption-type] level is the privilege level and is not required. The default is 15. encryption-type: specifies how you are inputting the password and is not required. The default is 0. - 0 is for inputting the password in clear text. - 7 is for inputting a password that is already encrypted using a DES hash. Obtain the encrypted password from the configuration file of another Dell Networking system. - 5 is for inputting a password that is already encrypted using an MD5 hash. Obtain the encrypted password from the configuration file of another Dell Networking system. Configuring a Host Name The host name appears in the prompt. The default host name is FTOS. Host names must start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and must have characters, letters, digits, and hyphens in the string. • Create a host name. CONFIGURATION mode hostname name 31

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Enable password
•
Telnet password
Configuring the Enable Password
To access EXEC Privilege mode, use the
enable
command. EXEC Privilege mode is unrestricted by default. Configure a
password as a basic security measure.
There are two types of enable passwords:
•
enable password
— stores the password in the running/startup configuration using a data encryption
standard (DES) encryption method.
•
enable secret
— is stored in the running/startup configuration in a stronger, MD5 encryption method.
NOTE:
Dell Networking recommends using the
enable secret
password.
•
Create a password to access EXEC Privilege mode.
CONFIGURATION MODE
enable [password | secret] [level
level
] [
encryption-type
]
level
is the privilege level and is not required. The default is
15
.
encryption-type
:
specifies how you are inputting the password and is not required. The default is
0
.
–
0 is for inputting the password in clear text.
–
7 is for inputting a password that is already encrypted using a DES hash. Obtain the encrypted password
from the configuration file of another Dell Networking system.
–
5 is for inputting a password that is already encrypted using an MD5 hash. Obtain the encrypted
password from the configuration file of another Dell Networking system.
Configuring a Host Name
The host name appears in the prompt. The default host name is
FTOS
. Host names must start with a letter, end with a
letter or digit, and must have characters, letters, digits, and hyphens in the string.
•
Create a host name.
CONFIGURATION mode
hostname
name
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