Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual page 267

Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Commands
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Contains characters from at least 3 character classes (uppercase letters,
lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters available on a standard
keyboard).
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Are different from the current password.
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Contains no character that is repeated more than 3 times consecutively.
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Does not repeat or reverse the user name or any variant reached by
changing the case of the characters.
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Does not repeat or reverse the manufacturer's name or any variant reached
by changing the case of the characters.
You can control the above attributes of password complexity with specific
commands described in this section.
If you have previously configured other complexity settings, then those settings
are used. This command does not wipe out the other settings. It works only as a
toggle.
Example
The following example configures requiring complex passwords that fulfill the
minimum requirements specified in the User Guidelines above.
switchxxxxxx(config)#
switchxxxxxx #show passwords configuration
Passwords aging is enabled with aging time 180 days.
Passwords complexity is enabled with the following attributes:
Minimal length: 3 characters
Minimal classes: 3
New password must be different than the current: Enabled
Maximum consecutive same characters: 3
New password must be different than the user name: Enabled
New password must be different than the manufacturer name: Enabled
switchcc293e#
passwords complexity enable
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