Dell S3048-ON Networking S3048–ON Getting Started Guide - Page 26

Configuring the Username and Password

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• Configure a management route to the network from which you are accessing the system. CONFIGURATION mode management route ip-address/mask gateway Configuring the Username and Password To access the system remotely, configure a system username and password. • Configure a username and password to access the system remotely. CONFIGURATION mode username username password [encryption-type] Configuring the Enable Password Access EXEC Privilege mode using the enable command. EXEC Privilege mode is unrestricted by default. As a basic security measure, configure a password. 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 - stores the password in the running/startup configuration using a stronger, MD5-encryption method. 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] password Dell Networking OS 26

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Configure a management route to the network from which you are accessing
the system.
CONFIGURATION mode
management route
ip-address/mask gateway
Configuring the Username and Password
To access the system remotely, configure a system username and password.
•
Configure a username and password to access the system remotely.
CONFIGURATION mode
username
username
password [
encryption-type
]
Configuring the Enable Password
Access EXEC Privilege mode using the
enable
command. EXEC Privilege mode is
unrestricted by default.
As a basic security measure, configure a password. 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 — stores the password in the running/startup configuration using a
stronger, MD5-encryption method.
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
]
password
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