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The table below describes the characters allowed in a management user password. The disallowed characters
cannot be used by any management user password, even if the password policy is disabled.
Maximum Number of failed attempts
in 3 minute window to lockout user
The number of failed attempts within a 3 minute window that causes the user to be
locked out for the period of time specified by the Time duration to lockout the user upon
crossing the "lock-out" threshold parameter.
Range: 0-10 attempts. By default, the password lockout feature is disabled, and the
default value of this parameter is 0 attempts.
Time duration to lockout the user
upon crossing the "lock-out" threshold
The number of minutes a user who has exceeded the maximum number of failed
password attempts is locked out of the network. After this period has passed, the
lockout is cleared without administrator intervention.
Range: 1 min to 1440 min (24 hrs).
Default: 3.
Maximum consecutive character
repeats
The maximum number of consecutive repeating characters allowed in a management
user password.
Range: 0-10 characters. By default, there is no limitation on the numbers of character
that can repeat within a password, and the parameter has a default value of 0
characters.
Table 104 Allowed Characters in a Management User Password
Allowed Characters Disallowed Characters
exclamation point: ! Parenthesis: ( )
underscore: _ apostrophe: '
at symbol: @ semi-colon: ;
pound sign: # dash: -
dollar sign: $ equals sign: =
percent sign: % slash: /
caret: ^ question mark: ?
ampersand: &
star: *
greater and less than symbols: < >
curled braces: { }
straight braces: [ ]
colon :
period: .
pipe: |
plus sign: +
tilde: ~
comma: ,
accent mark: `
Table 103 Management Password Policy Settings
Parameter Description