KB.15.15

Reset+Clear combination described under “Restoring the factory default configuration”

(page 43).

• Configure the Clear button to reboot the switch after clearing any local usernames and

passwords. This provides an immediate, visual means (plus an Event Log message) for verifying

that any usernames and passwords in the switch have been cleared.

• Modify the operation of the Reset+Clear combination, see “Restoring the factory default

configuration” (page 43) so that the switch still reboots, but does not restore the switch factory

default configuration settings. (Use of the Reset button alone, to simply reboot the switch, is

not affected.)

• Disable or re-enable password recovery.

Example

executing show front-panel-security produces the following output when the switch

is configured with the default front panel security settings.

Figure 19 The default front-panel security settings

Disabling the clear password function of the Clear button

Syntax:

[no]front-panel-security password-clear

In the factory-default configuration, pressing the Clear button on the switch front

panel erases any local usernames and passwords configured on the switch. This

command disables the password clear function of the Clear button, so that pressing

it has no effect on any local usernames and passwords.

For redundant management systems, this command only affects the active

management module.

Default: enabled.

NOTE: Although the Clear button does not erase passwords when disabled, you can still use it

with the Reset button, Reset+Clear, to restore the switch to its factory default configuration, as

described under “Restoring the factory default configuration” (page 43).

This command displays a Caution message in the CLI. If you want to proceed with disabling the

Clear button, type [Y]; otherwise type [N]. For example:

Figure 20 Disabling the Clear button and displaying the new configuration

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