Switch User Manual

78 Configuring Web-based AAA for administrative and local access
NN47250-500 (Version 03.01)
Enabling an administrator
To enable yourself as an administrator, you must log in to the WSS from the console. Until you set the enable
password and configure authentication, the default username and password are blank. Press Enter when
prompted for them.
To enable an administrator:
1 Log in to the WSS from the serial console, and press Enter when the WSS displays a username
prompt:
Username:
2 Press Enter when the WSS displays a password prompt.
Password:
3 Type enable to go into enabled mode.
WSS> enable
4 Press Enter to display an enabled-mode command prompt:
WSS#
Once you see this prompt after you have typed the enable command, you have administrative
privileges, which allow you to further configure the WSS.