HP MSR SERIES Command Reference

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simple: Sets a plaintext password.
password: Specifies the password. This argument is case sensitive.
{ If simple is specified, the password must be a string of 1 to 117 characters.
{ If cipher is specified, the password must be a ciphertext string of 1 to 88 characters.
mac-address: Uses MAC-based user accounts for MAC authentication users. You can also specify the
format of username and password:
• with-hyphen—Includes hyphens in the MAC address, for example xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.
• without-hyphen—Excludes hyphens from the MAC address, for example, xxxxxxxxxxxx.
• lowercase—Enters letters in lower case.
• uppercase—Enters letters in upper case.
Usage guidelines
If you specify the MAC-based user account, the device uses the MAC address of a user as the username
and password for MAC authentication of the user. This user account type ensures high authentication
security. However, you must create on the authentication server a user account for each user, using the
MAC address of the user as both the username and password.
If you specify a shared user account, the device uses the specified username and password for MAC
authentication of all users. Because all MAC authentication users use a single account for authentication,
you only need to create one account on the authentication server. This user account type is suitable for
trusted networks.
For security purposes, all passwords, including passwords configured in plain text, are saved in cipher
text.
Examples
# Configure a shared account for MAC authentication users, set the username as abc and password as
plaintext string of xyz.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] mac-authentication user-name-format fixed account abc password simple xyz
# Use MAC-based user accounts for MAC authentication users. Each MAC address is in the hexadecimal
notation with hyphens, and letters are in upper case.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] mac-authentication user-name-format mac-address with-hyphen uppercase
Related commands
display mac-authentication
reset mac-authentication statistics
Use reset mac-authentication statistics to clear MAC authentication statistics.
Syntax
reset mac-authentication statistics [ interface interface-type interface-number ]
Views
User view
Predefined user roles
network-admin

HP MSR SERIES Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	MSR SERIES
Category	Network Router
Language	English