Dell X1000 Networking X-Series Switches User Guide - Page 111

Global Password Aging

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FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\gina\Desktop\Checkout_new\Dell Astute\User Guide\Dell_Astute_SwitchManagement.fm • Prevention of frequent password reuse • Lockout of users after failed login attempts • Number of different character classes required in the password. Numeric, alphabetic, and special characters are all character classes. • Length of time that past passwords are stored. Password aging starts immediately after password management is enabled. However it is only effective if system time on the device is taken from an SNTP server. Passwords expire according to the user-defined expiration date/time. Ten days prior to password expiration, the device displays a password expiration warning message. After the password has expired, users can log in a few additional times. During the remaining logins, an additional warning message displays informing the user that the password must be changed. If the password is not changed, users are locked out of the system, and can only log in using the console. Password warnings are logged in the SYSLOG file. NOTE: Password aging is enabled only after setting the switch to use SNTP for setting time. To define password management parameters: 1 Click Switch Management > Management Security > Global Password Management. 2 Click Edit to check the required fields and enter their values: - Enable Strong Passwords - Check to enable this feature. - Repeated Characters - Select the number of permissible repeated characters in the password. - Password Minimum Length - When checked, specifies the minimum password length. Enter the minimum password length. - Enable Login Attempts - When checked, enables locking a user out of the device when a faulty password is used more than the number of times entered. Select the maximum number of login attempts. - Global Password Aging - When checked, specifies that the password will expire in the number of days entered. Enter the number of days. This is only enabled after setting the switch to use SNTP for setting time DELL CONFIDENTIAL - PRELIMINARY 8/9/16 - FOR PROOF ONLY Switch Management 111

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Switch Management
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FILE LOCATION:
C:\Users\gina\Desktop\Checkout_new\Dell Astute\User
Guide\Dell_Astute_SwitchManagement.fm
DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 8/9/16 - FOR PROOF ONLY
Prevention of frequent password reuse
Lockout of users after failed login attempts
Number of different character classes required in the password. Numeric,
alphabetic, and special characters are all character classes.
Length of time that past passwords are stored.
Password aging starts immediately after password management is enabled.
However it is only effective if system time on the device is taken from an
SNTP server. Passwords expire according to the user-defined expiration
date/time. Ten days prior to password expiration, the device displays a
password expiration warning message.
After the password has expired, users can log in a few additional times.
During the remaining logins, an additional warning message displays
informing the user that the password must be changed. If the password is not
changed, users are locked out of the system, and can only log in using the
console. Password warnings are logged in the SYSLOG file.
NOTE:
Password aging is enabled only after setting the switch to use SNTP for
setting time.
To define password management parameters:
1
Click
Switch Management >
Management Security
> Global
Password
Management
.
2
Click
Edit
to check the required fields and enter their values:
Enable Strong Passwords
— Check to enable this feature.
Repeated Characters
— Select the number of permissible repeated
characters in the password.
Password Minimum Length
— When checked, specifies the
minimum password length. Enter the minimum password length.
Enable Login Attempts
— When checked, enables locking a user out
of the device when a faulty password is used more than the number of
times entered. Select the maximum number of login attempts.
Global Password Aging
— When checked, specifies that the password
will expire in the number of days entered. Enter the number of days.
This is only enabled after setting the switch to use SNTP for setting
time