Dell PowerConnect 3524 User's Guide - Page 231

• Authentication Method - The authentication method used to authenticate users. The possible field values are: - None - No user authentication is used. - MD5 Password - Indicates that HMAC-MD5-96 password is used for authentication. The user should enter a password. - SHA Password - Users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level. The user should enter a password. - 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) - Modifies the user-defined password for a group. Passwords can contain a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters. • Authentication Key (MD5-16; SHA-20 hexa chars) - Defines the HMAC-MD5-96 or HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level. 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 hexa characters) - 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. • Remove - When checked, removes users from a specified group. - Checked - Removes the user from the specified group. - Unchecked - Maintains the user in the specified group. Configuring System Information 231