Administration Console Access; Password Levels - 3Com corebuilder 3500 Implementation Manual

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HAPTER ANAGEMENT
Administration
Console Access

Password Levels

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In-Band Management — If you are managing your network
in-band, you need to set up an IP routing interface and at least one
VLAN. See Chapter 9 for information about defining a VLAN, and
Chapter 11 for information about setting up an IP routing interface.
See "In-Band Management" for additional information about in-band
management.
Out-of-Band Management — If you are managing your system out
of band, you need to assign an IP address and subnet mask for the
out-of-band Ethernet port on your system through the
menu. The out-of-band Ethernet port is the 10BASE-T port on the
system processor module and is not associated with a port number.
See Chapter 11 for background information on IP addresses and
subnet masks. See "Out-of-Band Management" for additional
information about out-of-band management.
The first time that you access the Administration Console, access the
system at the administer level and press the Return key at the password
prompt. The initial password is null. Subsequent access is described next.
The Administration Console supports three password levels, allowing the
network administrator to provide different levels of access for a range of
users, as described in Table 4.
Table 4 Password Access Levels
Access
Level For Users Who Need to
Administer Perform system setup and
management tasks (usually a
single network administrator)
Write Perform active network
management
Read Only view system parameters
Passwords are stored in nonvolatile (NV) memory. You must enter the
password correctly before you can continue.
management
Allows Users to
Perform system-level administration
(such as setting passwords, loading
new software, and so on)
Configure network parameters
(such as setting bridge aging time)
Access only display menu items
(display, summary, detail)