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Contains characters from at least 3 character classes (uppercase letters,

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

Are different from the current password.

Contains no character that is repeated more than 3 times consecutively.

Does not repeat or reverse the user name or any variant reached by

changing the case of the characters.

Does not repeat or reverse the manufacturer's name or any variant reached

by changing the case of the characters.

You can control the above attributes of password complexity with specific

commands described in this section.

If you have previously configured other complexity settings, then those settings

are used. This command does not wipe out the other settings. It works only as a

The following example configures requiring complex passwords that fulfill the

minimum requirements specified in the User Guidelines above.

switchxxxxxx(config)#

switchxxxxxx

#show passwords configuration

Passwords aging is enabled with aging time 180 days.

Passwords complexity is enabled with the following attributes:

Minimal length: 3 characters

Minimal classes: 3

New password must be different than the current: Enabled

Maximum consecutive same characters: 3

New password must be different than the user name: Enabled

New password must be different than the manufacturer name: Enabled

switchcc293e#

passwords complexity enable