Dell PowerEdge VRTX - Manual (Page 143)

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Guide\Plasma_UGSystemConfig.fm
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Password aging starts immediately after password management is enabled.
However it is only effective if system time on the device is taken from an
SNTP server. Passwords expire according to the user-defined expiration
date/time. Ten days prior to password expiration, the device displays a
password expiration warning message.
After the password has expired, users can log in a few additional times.
During the remaining logins, an additional warning message displays
informing the user that the password must be changed. If the password is not
changed, users are locked out of the system, and can only log in using the
console. Password warnings are logged in the SYSLOG file.
NOTE: Password aging is enabled only after setting the switch to use SNTP for
setting time.
To define password management parameters:
1 Click System > Management Security > Password Management in the
tree view to display the Password Management page.
2 Check the required fields and enter their values:
– Enable Strong Passwords — Check to enable this feature.
– Number of Classes — Select a number of character classes. The
character classes are: upper case characters, lower case characters,
digits and punctuation. The number of character classes selected
indicates how many different types of characters must be in the
password.
– Repeated Characters — Select the number of permissible repeated
characters in the password.
– Password Minimum Length (8-64 characters) — When checked,
specifies the minimum password length. Enter the minimum
password length.
– Enable Login Attempts — When checked, enables locking a user out
of the device when a faulty password is used more than the number of
times entered. Select the maximum number of login attempts.
– Global Password Aging (1-365) — When checked, specifies that the
password will expire in the number of days entered. Enter the number
of days. This is only enabled after setting the switch to use SNTP for
setting time