Chapter 32
Configuring Users and Common Roles
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Caution
Log in to the switch using the new administrator password.
Step 8
switch login: admin
Password: <new password>
Reset the new password to ensure that is it is also the SNMP password for Fabric Manager.
Step 9
switch# config t
switch(config)# username admin password <new password>
switch(config)# exit
switch#
Save the software configuration.
Step 10
switch# copy running-config startup-config
Insert the previously removed supervisor module into slot 6 in the chassis.
Step 11
Default Settings
Table 32-2
Table 32-2
Parameters
Roles in Cisco MDS Switches
AAA configuration services
Authentication port
Accounting port
Preshared key communication
RADIUS server time out
RADIUS server retries
TACACS+
TACACS+ servers
TACACS+ server timeout
AAA server distribution
VSAN policy for roles
User account
Password
Accounting log size
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
If you boot a system image that is older than the image you used to store the configuration and
do not use the install all command to boot the system, the switch erases the binary
configuration and uses the ASCII configuration. When this occurs, you must use the init
system command to recover your password.
lists the default settings for all switch security features in any switch.
Default Switch Security Settings
Default
Network operator (network-operator).
Local.
1821.
1813.
Clear text.
1 (one) second.
Once.
Disabled.
None configured.
5 seconds.
Disabled.
Permit.
No expiry (unless configured).
None.
250 KB.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
Default Settings
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