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Conguring the Enable Password
Access EXEC Privilege mode using the enable command. EXEC Privilege mode is unrestricted by default. Congure a password as a
basic security measure.
There are three types of enable passwords:
• enable password is stored in the running/startup conguration using a DES encryption method.
• enable secret is stored in the running/startup conguration using MD5 encryption method.
• enable sha256-password is stored in the running/startup conguration using sha256-based encryption method (PBKDF2).
Dell Networking recommends using the enable sha256-password password.
To congure an enable password, use the following command.
• Create a password to access EXEC Privilege mode.
CONFIGURATION mode
enable [password | secret | sha256-password] [level level] [encryption-type] password
• level: is the privilege level, is 15 by default, and is not required.
• encryption-type: species how you input the password, is 0 by default, and is not required.
• 0 is to input the password in clear text.
• 5 is to input a password that is already encrypted using MD5 encryption method. Obtain the encrypted password from the
conguration le of another device.
• 7 is to input a password that is already encrypted using DES encryption method. Obtain the encrypted password from the
conguration le of another device.
• 8 is to input a password that is already encrypted using sha256-based encryption method. Obtain the encrypted password from
the conguration le of another device.
Manage Conguration Files
Files can be stored on and accessed from various storage media. Rename, delete, and copy les on the system from EXEC Privilege mode.
File Storage
The Dell Networking OS can use the internal Flash, external Flash, or remote devices to store les.
The system stores les on the internal Flash by default, but can be congured to store les elsewhere.
To view le system information, use the following command.
• View information about each le system.
EXEC Privilege mode
show file-systems
The output of the show file-systems command in the following example shows the total capacity, amount of free memory, le
structure, media type, read/write privileges for each storage device in use.
Dell#show file-systems
Size(b) Free(b) Feature Type Flags Prefixes
6429872128 6397476864 FAT32 USERFLASH rw flash:
15775404032 15775399936 FAT32 USBFLASH rw usbflash:
- - - network rw ftp:
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