User's Guide

4. In the Description field, provide a brief description about this account.
This information should enable you to uniquely identify this account from similar accounts.
5. From the options available under the Select Authentication Type field, select the appropriate
authentication type for this new account.
Select from one of Local or Remote.
Local
Indicates that the new user account will be local to this AirDefense instance.
Remote
Indicates that the new user account will be remote and must be verified with the remote
authentication server when used.
6. When you select Local in the Select Authentication Type field, the following additional inputs are
required.
Field Description
User Name The user name for this account. This is a mandatory field. The
maximum allowed user name length is 32 characters. Spaces and
special characters are not allowed in user names.
New Password Enter the password for this user account. Follow the password
requirement guidelines specified below the Confirm Password field.
Use the icon to view the password entered in this field.
Confirm Password Enter the same password as entered in the New Password field.
This color of this field changes to black only when the passwords
that you enter are the same and meet the password guidelines. Use
the icon to view the password entered in this field.
Manage User Accounts Configuration
314 Extreme AirDefense User Guide for version 10.5.