Chapter 8 User Authentication; Introduction; Security Levels - Avaya P333T Installation & Configuration Manual

Chapter 8
User Authentication

Introduction

A secure system provides safeguards to insure that only authorized personnel can
perform configuration procedures. In Avaya P330, these safeguards form part of
the CLI architecture and conventions.

Security Levels

There are four security access levels – User, Privileged, Configure and Supervisor.
• The User level ('read-only') is a general access level used to show system
parameter values.
• The Privileged level ('read-write') is used by site personnel to access stack
configuration options.
• The Configure level is used by site personnel for Layer 3 configuration.
• (Note: This is not applicable to Avaya P333-T.)
• The Supervisor level ('administrator') is used to define user names, passwords,
and access levels of up to 10 local users. In Supervisor level you can also access
RADIUS authentication configuration commands.
Note: If you wish to define more than ten users per switch, or accounts for a user on
multiple switches, you should use RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service).
A login name and password are always required to access the CLI and the
commands. The login name, password, and access-type (i.e., security level) for a
user account are established using the username command.
Switching between the entities, does not effect the security level since security levels
are established specifically for each user. For example, if the operator with a
privileged security level in the Switch entity switches to the Router entity the
privileged security level is retained.
Note: If you wish to increase security, you can change the default user accounts and
SNMP communities.
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