Security
Management Access Method
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- Minutes—Number of minutes that the key-identifier is valid.
- Seconds—Number of seconds that the key-identifier is valid.
STEP  4 Click Apply. The settings are written to the Running Configuration file.
STEP  5 To always display sensitive data as plaintext (and not in encrypted form), click 
Display Sensitive Data as Plaintext.
Management Access Method
Access profiles determine how to authenticate and authorize users accessing the 
device through various access methods. Access Profiles can limit management 
access from specific sources.
Only users who pass both the active access profile and the management access 
authentication methods are given management access to the device.
There can only be a single access profile active on the device at one time.
Access profiles consist of one or more rules. The rules are executed in order of 
their priority within the access profile (top to bottom).
Rules are composed of filters that include the following elements:
• Access Methods—Methods for accessing and managing the device:
- Te l n e t
- Secure Telnet (SSH)
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Secure HTTP (HTTPS)
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- All of the above
• Action—Permit or deny access to an interface or source address.
• Interface—Which ports, LAGs, or VLANs are permitted to access or are 
denied access to the web-based configuration utility.
• Source IP Address—IP addresses or subnets. Access to management 
methods might differ among user groups. For example, one user group 
might be able to access the device module only by using an HTTPS