McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem User Guide (AA-RW20B-TE, December 2005)

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3 Managing switches
This section describes the following tasks that manage switches using the McDATA Web Server or McDATA
Element Manager application.
• Managing user accounts, page 61
• Configuring RADIUS servers, page 66
• Displaying switch information, page 70
• Configuring port threshold alarms, page 75
• Paging a switch, page 76
• Setting the date/time and enabling NTP client, page 76
• Resetting a switch, page 77
• Configuring a switch, page 78
• Archiving a switch, page 88
• Restoring a switch, page 89
• Restoring the factory default configuration, page 90
• Downloading a support file, page 91
• Installing Product Feature Enablement (PFE) keys, page 91
• Installing firmware, page 92
• Displaying hardware status, page 95
Managing user accounts
Only the Admin account can manage user accounts with the User Account Administration dialogs.
However, any user can modify their own password. Select Switch > User Accounts in the faceplate display
to open the User Account Administration dialog.
A user account consists of the following:
• Account name or login
• Password
• Authority level
• Expiration date
Switches come from the factory with the following user accounts:
The Admin account is the only user that can manage all user accounts with the User Account
Administration dialogs. The Admin account can create, remove, or modify user accounts, and change
account passwords. The Admin account can also view and modify the switch and its configuration. The
Admin account can not be removed.
Users with Admin authority can view and modify the switch and its configuration. Users without Admin
authority are limited to viewing switch status and configuration.
The Images account is used to exchange files with the switch using FTP and can not be removed.
NOTE: If the same user account exists on a switch and its RADIUS server, that user can login with either
password, but the authority and account expiration will always come from the switch database.
Table 8 Factory user accounts
Account name Password Admin authority Expiration
admin admin true never expires
images images false never expires