Configuring Username and Password Security
Front-Panel Security
• Configure the Clear button to reboot the switch after clearing any
local usernames and passwords. This provides an immediate, visual
means (plus an Event Log message) for verifying that any usernames
and passwords in the switch have been cleared.
• Modify the operation of the Reset+Clear combination (page 2-11) so
that the switch still reboots, but does not restore the switch’s factory
default configuration settings. (Use of the Reset button alone, to
simply reboot the switch, is not affected.)
• Disable or re-enable Password Recovery.
Syntax: show front-panel-security
Displays the current front-panel-security settings:
Clear Password: Shows the status of the Clear button on the
front panel of the switch. Enabled means that pressing the
Clear button erases the local usernames and passwords
configured on the switch (and thus removes local password
protection from the switch). Disabled means that pressing the
Clear button does not remove the local usernames and
passwords configured on the switch. (Default: Enabled.)
Reset-on-clear: Shows the status of the reset-on-clear option
(Enabled or Disabled). When reset-on-clear is disabled and
Clear Password is enabled, then pressing the Clear button
erases the local usernames and passwords from the switch.
When reset-on-clear is enabled, pressing the Clear button
erases the local usernames and passwords from the switch
and reboots the switch. (Enabling reset-on-clear
automatically enables clear-password.) (Default: Disabled.)
Factory Reset: Shows the status of the Reset button on the front
panel of the switch. Enabled means that pressing the Reset
button reboots the switch and also enables the Reset button to
be used with the Clear button (page
2-11) to reset the switch
to its factory-default configuration. (Default: Enabled.)
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