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HP ProCurve 6120G/XG User Manual

HP ProCurve 6120G/XG
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2 Configuring Username and Password Security
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Configuring Local Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Menu: Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
CLI: Setting Passwords and Usernames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Web: Setting Passwords and Usernames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
SNMP: Setting Passwords and Usernames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Saving Security Credentials in a Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Benefits of Saving Security Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Enabling the Storage and Display of Security Credentials . . . . . . . . 2-11
Security Settings that Can Be Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Local Manager and Operator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Password Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
SNMP Security Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
802.1X Port-Access Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
TACACS+ Encryption Key Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
RADIUS Shared-Secret Key Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
SSH Client Public-Key Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Front-Panel Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
When Security Is Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Front-Panel Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Clear Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Restoring the Factory Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Configuring Front-Panel Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Disabling the Clear Password Function of the Clear Button . . . 2-29
Re-Enabling the Clear Button and Setting or
Changing the “Reset-On-Clear” Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Changing the Operation of the Reset+Clear Combination . . . . . 2-31
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