User's Manual

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User Accounts
Each Mercury transceiver has two local user accounts available via
console terminal management, as listed in the chart below:
Table 11. Local User Accounts
NOTE: In case of a lost password and an inability to login to the trans-
ceiver, see “TROUBLESHOOTING” on Page 46 for details
on resetting the password.
In addition to the local user accounts, the Mercury transceiver can be
configured to use a RADIUS server for centralized user account
management. The Configuration - Security page is used to configure the
User Auth Method to RADIUS. If the User Auth Fallback parameter is set to
Local, then the local user account information will be used if the
RADIUS server (and secondary server if configured) is unreachable.
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Figure 29. Configuration - Security Screen (Upper Portion)
Username Default Password Access Level
operator operator Read-only access to configuration
parameters, status, performance metrics, and
statistics.
admin admin Read and write access to all configuration
parameters. Read access to status,
performance metrics, and statistics