Managing user accounts – HP 8.20q Fibre Channel Switch User Manual

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Managing switches

Managing user accounts

Only the Admin account can manage user accounts with the User Account Administration dialog boxes.

However, any user can modify their own password. To open a User Account Administration dialog box,

open the Switch menu and select User Accounts.
A user account consists of the following data:

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Account name or login

•

Password

•

Authority level

•

Expiration date

Switches come from the factory with the following user accounts:

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admin—Admin authority, never expires, password is password

•

images—No Admin authority, never expires, password is images,

The Admin account is the only user that can manage all user accounts with the User Account

Administration dialog boxes. The Admin account can create, remove, or modify user accounts, and

change account passwords. The Admin account can also view and modify the switch and its configuration

with QuickTools. The Admin account can not be removed.
Users with Admin authority can use QuickTools to view and modify the switch and its configuration. Users

without Admin authority are limited to viewing only switch status and configuration.
The Images account is used to exchange files with the switch using FTP. The Images account can not be

removed.

NOTE:

If the same user account exists on a switch and its RADIUS server, that user can login with either

password, but the authority and account expiration will always come from the switch database.

Inactivity Timeout

Number of minutes the switch waits before terminating an

idle command line interface session. Zero (0) disables the

time out threshold.

Interop Mode

Standard

Legacy Address Format

None

In-band Enabled

In-band management status. Permits (True) or prevents

(False) a switch from being managed over an ISL.

Principal Switch

If there is a domain ID conflict in the fabric, the switch with

the highest principal priority, or the principal switch, will

reassign any domain ID conflicts and establish the fabric.

Table 9

Switch data window fields

Field

Description