Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual page 927

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To reset the passphrase to the default passphrase, use the no passphrase.

{passphrase}

encrypted passphrase

no passphrase

passphrase—New system passphrase.

encrypted-passphrase—The passphrase in its encrypted form.

Default Usage

If this command is not entered, the default passphrase is used.

Command Mode

SSD Configuration mode

User Guidelines

To user this command, enter passphrase and Enter, a confirmation message is

displayed and the user must confirm the intention to change the passphrase. Then

the passphrase can be entered (see example).

Encrypted passphrase is allowed only in the SSD Control Block of a source file

that is being copied to the startup configuration file (user cannot manually enter

this command).

When generating a passphrase, the user must use 4 different character classes

(similar to strong password/passwords complexity). These can be: uppercase

letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters available on a standard

The following example defines a decrypted passphrase.

switchxxxxxx(config-ssd)# passphrase

This operation will change the system SSD passphrase. Are you sure? (Y/N)[N] Y

Please enter SSD passphrase:**********

{encrypted-passphrase}

OL-32830-01 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

SSD Commands