Users Guide

Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 319
– Authentication Method — Select an authentication method used to
authenticate users. The possible options are:
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None — No user authentication is used.
•
MD5 Password — HMAC-MD5-96 password is used for
authentication.
•
SHA Password — Users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-
96 authentication level.
•
MD5 Key — Users are authenticated using the HMAC-MD5
algorithm.
•
SHA Key — Users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-96
authentication level.
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Password (0-32 Characters) — If the MD5 Password or SHA Password
authentication method was selected, enter the user-defined password
for a group.
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Authentication Key (MD5-16; SHA-20 Hex Characters) — If the
MD5 Key or SHA Key authentication method was selected, enter the
HMAC-MD5-96 or HMAC-SHA-96 keys. The authentication and
privacy keys are entered to define the authentication key. If only
authentication is required, 16 bytes are defined for MD5. If both
privacy and authentication are required, 32 bytes are defined for MD5.
Each byte in hexadecimal character strings is two hexadecimal digits.
Each byte can be separated by a period or a colon.
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Privacy Key (16 Hex Characters) — If the MD5 Key or SHA Key
authentication method was selected, enter the privacy key. If only
authentication is required, 20 bytes are defined. If both privacy and
authentication are required, 16 bytes are defined. Each byte in
hexadecimal character strings is two hexadecimal digits. Each byte can
be separated by a period or colon.