Configuring Security
Defining Access Profiles
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When a user attempts to access the switch through an access method, the switch
looks to see if the active access profile explicitly permits management access to
the switch through this method. If no match is found, access is denied.
When an attempt to access the switch is in violation of the active access profile,
the switch generates a SYSLOG message to alert the system administrator of the
attempt.
After an access profile has been defined, additional rules can be added or edited
by using the Defining Profile Rules page.
Use the
Access Profiles
page to create an access profile and to add its first rule. If
the access profile only contains a single rule, you are finished. To add additional
rules to the profile, use the Profile Rules page.
STEP 1 Click Security > Mgmt Access Method > Access Profiles. The Access Profiles
page displays.
This page displays all of the access profiles, active and inactive.
STEP 2 To change the active access profile, select a profile from the Active Access
Profile drop down menu and click Apply. This makes the chosen profile the active
access profile.
NOTE Some 200 Series switches only support web access. The profile you
define may be customized according to a set of settings provided in Access
Profile entry, but ultimately will only provide web access; console or any
other methods (SSH & Telnet) are not supported.
A caution message displays if you selected any other access profile, warning you
that, depending on the selected access profile, you might be disconnected from
the web-based switch configuration utility.
STEP 3 Click OK to select the active access profile or click Cancel to discontinue the
action.
STEP 4 Click Add to open the Add Access Profile page. The page allows you to configure
a new profile and one rule.
STEP 5 Enter the parameters.
• Access Profile Name—Enter an access profile name. The access profile
name can contain up to 32 characters.
• Rule Priority—Enter the rule priority. When the packet is matched to a rule,
user groups are either granted or denied access to the switch. The rule
priority is essential to matching packets to rules, as packets are matched on
a first-match basis. One is the highest priority.
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