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The User Password Configuration page displays.

6. In the Password Minimum Length field, type the minimum character length for any

new local user password.
The default is eight characters. The range is from 0 to 64 characters.

7. In the Password Aging (days) field, type the maximum number of days during which

a user password is valid, counted from the day that the password is defined.
After a password expires, the user must define a new password when logging in.
The default is 0, which means that passwords do not expire. The range is from 0 to
365 days.

8. In the Password History field, type the number of previous passwords that the switch

stores to prevent users from reusing passwords.
The default is 0, which means that the switch does not store previous passwords.
The range is from 0 to 10 passwords.

9. In the Lockout Attempts field, specify the number of times a user is allowed to fail

a local authentication attempt before the user account is locked.
The default is 5 times. If you enter 0, a failed local authentication attempt does not
cause the user account to be locked. The range is from 0 to 5 times.

10. In the Unlock Time field, specify the time in minutes after which a locked user account

is unlocked.
The default is 5 minutes. The range is from 1 to 60 minutes.

11. Click the Apply button.

Your settings are saved.

12. To save the settings to the running configuration, click the Save icon.

Change the privileged EXEC CLI password

You can change the privileged EXEC password for access to the privileged EXEC mode
in the command-line interface (CLI). Passwords are a maximum of 64 alphanumeric
characters. The password is case-sensitive.

To change the privileged EXEC CLI password for use in the CLI:

1. Launch a web browser.

2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.