Dell PowerConnect 5212 System User's Manual page 25

CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Switch/Security/Passwords page.
Command
enable password [level level] {0 |
7} password
username name {access-level level |
nopassword | password {0 | 7}
password}
NOTE: Only the CLI allows user names to be created and deleted.
Example
Console(config)#enable password level 15 0 admin
Console(config)#username bob access-level 15
Console(config)#username bob password smith
Console(config)#
SSH
The Secure Shell (SSH) server feature provides remote management access via encrypted paths between the switch and SSH-enabled management station
clients.
NOTE: There are two versions of the SSH protocol currently available, SSH v1.x and SSH v2.x. The switch supports only SSH v1.5.
SSH Server Status — Allows you to enable/disable the SSH server feature on the switch (Default: enabled)
l
SSH authentication timeout — Specifies the time interval in seconds that the SSH server waits for a response from a client during an authentication
l
attempt (Range: 1 to 120 seconds; Default: 120 seconds)
SSH authentication retries — Specifies the number of authentication attempts that a client is allowed before authentication fails and the client has to
l
restart the authentication process (Range: 1 to 5 times; Default: 3)
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Usage
Use this command to control access to the Privileged Exec level from the Normal Exec level. For the {0 | 7} parameter,
0 means plain password and 7 means encrypted password. The Privileged Exec level is 15 and the default password is
super.
Use this command to configure user name authentication at login. Use the no form command to remove a user name.
The device has two predefined privilege levels: 0: Normal Exec and 15: Privileged Exec. The default user names are
admin for the Privileged Exec level, and guest for the Normal Exec level.