HP ProCurve 5300xl Series - Page 23

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Configuring Username and Password Security
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Configuring Local Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Menu: Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
To Delete Password Protection (Including Recovery from
a Lost Password): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
To Recover from a Lost Manager Password: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
CLI: Setting Passwords and Usernames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Configuring Manager and Operator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
To Remove Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Web: Setting Passwords and Usernames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Front Panel Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
When Security Is Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Front Panel Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Clear Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Restoring the Factory Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Configuring Front Panel Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Disabling the Clear Password Function of the Clear Button
on the Switch’s Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Re-Enabling the Clear Button on the Switch’s Front Panel.
Setting or Changing the “Reset-On-Clear” Operation
. . . . . . . . . 2-16
Changing the Operation of the Reset+Clear Combination . . . . . 2-17
Password Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Password Recovery Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
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