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Password Strength Definition: The feature ensures that any password configured on the switch for local administration purpose is a Strong password and it must conform to each of the following characteristics: • Minimum number of uppercase letters. • Minimum number of lowercase letters. • Minimum number of numeric characters. • Minimum number of special characters from the set Does not contain the associated login name. • Maximum number of consecutive characters (such as abcd). • Maximum number of consecutive numbers (such as 1234). • Maximum number of repetition of characters or numbers (such as 1111 or aaaa). Configuring minimum value of 0 for the above parameters means no restriction on that set of characters and configuring maximum of 0 means disabling the restriction (or no limit on the maximum number of course limited by minimum password length). The Password strength feature applies to all login passwords (user, line and enable). Commands in this Chapter This chapter explains the following commands for viewing and configuring properties of passwords: passwords aging passwords history passwords lock-out passwords min-length passwords strength minimum specialcharacters passwords strength max-limit consecutive-characters passwords strength max-limit repeatedcharacters passwords strength minimum characterclasses Password Management Commands 1391