User's Manual

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Chapter5 | SystemSettings 
User Accounts
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UserAccounts 
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TheUserAccountspageallowsyoutocontrolmanagementaccesstotheswitch
basedonmanuallyconfiguredusernamesandpasswords.
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Figure39:UserAccounts 
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Thefollowingitemsaredisplayedon thispage: 
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◆ Username—Thenameof theuser.(Range:3‐15ASCIIcharacters,nospecial 
characters)
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◆ Passwo rd—Theuserpassword.(Range:3‐15ASCIIcharacters,casesensitive, 
nospecialcharacters)
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Services 
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TheServicespageallowsyoutocontrolremotemanagementaccesstotheswitch 
andtoconfigureofNTPtimeservers.
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RemoteManagement
Settings 
TheSSH,Telnet,Web,andSNMPmanagementinterfacesareenabledandopento 
accessfromtheInternet.Toprovidemoresecurity,specificservicescanbe disabled 
andmanagementaccesspreventedfromtheInternet.
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SSH TheSecureShell(SSH)canactasasecurereplacementforTelnet.TheSSHprotocol 
usesgeneratedpublickeystoencryptalldatatransferspassingbetweentheaccess 
pointandSSH‐enabledmanagementstationclientsandensuresthatdatatraveling 
overthenetworkarrivesunaltered.Clientscanthensecurelyusethelocaluser
nameandpasswordforaccessauthentication.
NotethatSSHclientsoftwareneedstobeinstalledonthemanagementstationto
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accesstheaccesspointformanagementviatheSSHprotocol.