Logging on to a switch, Working with user accounts, Logging on to a switch working with user accounts – HP 2/8q Fibre Channel User Manual
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HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch Management User Guide
Logging on to a switch
To log on to a switch using a Telnet session, open a command line window on the workstation
and enter the Telnet command followed by the switch IP address:
# telnet ip_address
A Telnet window opens prompting you for a login. Enter an account name and password.
To log on to a switch through the serial port, configure the workstation port with the following
settings and enter an account name and password when prompted.
Working with user accounts
Switches come from the factory with the following user account already defined:
This user account provides full access to the switch and its configuration. After planning your
fabric management needs and creating your own user accounts, consider changing the
password for this account. See “
” on page 116 for more information about
authority levels. See the “
” on page 171 for information about creating user
accounts.
Note:
A switch supports a combined maximum of 19 logins or sessions reserved as follows:
■
4 logins or sessions for internal applications such as management server and SNMP.
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9 high priority Telnet sessions.
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6 logins or sessions for Switch Manager inband and out-of-band logins, and Telnet logins.
Additional logins are refused.
Table 41: Workstation port settings
Parameter
Setting
Baud rate
9600 bits per second
Data bits
8
Parity
None
Stop bits
1
Table 42: Predefined user accounts
Account name
Password
Authority
admin
password
admin