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Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Getting Started Guide

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Chapter Configuring Additional Router Features

Creating and Modifying User Accounts and User Groups

Creating Users and Assigning Groups

To create a user, assign a password, and assign the user to a group, perform the following procedure.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. configure

2. username user-name

3. password {0 | 7} password

secret {0 | 5} password

4. group group-name

5. Repeat Step 4 for each user group to be associated with the user specified in Step 2.

6. commit

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure

Example:

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# configure

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

username user-name

Example:

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config)# username user1

Creates a name for a new user (or identifies a current user)

and enters username configuration submode.

• The user-name argument can be only one word. Spaces

and quotation marks are not allowed.

Step 3

password {0 | 7} password

secret {0 | 5} password

Example:

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config-un)# password 0

pwd1

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config-un)# secret 5 pwd1

Specifies a password for the user named in Step 2.

• Use the secret command to create a secure login

password for the user names specified in

Step 2.

• Entering 0 following the password command specifies

that an unencrypted (clear-text) password follows.

Entering 7 following the password command specifies

that an encrypted password follows.

• Entering 0 following the secret command specifies that

a secure unencrypted (clear-text) password follows.

Entering 5 following the secret command specifies that

a secure encrypted password follows.

• Type 0 is the default for the password and secret

commands.

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Cisco ASR 9000 Specifications

General

Operating System	Cisco IOS XR
Management	CLI, SNMP, NETCONF, RESTCONF
Type	Edge Router
Interface Support	10G, 40G, 100G, 400G
Power Supply	AC and DC options available
Routing Protocol	BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, EIGRP
Storage	SSD
Operating Temperature	0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
Humidity	5 to 95% (noncondensing)
Redundancy	Yes (Power, Fabric, Route Processor)
MTBF	Varies by model (typically > 200, 000 hours)