Cisco 350 Series Administration Manual page 478

Security
Key Management
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Key Management
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Cisco 350, 350X and 550X Series Managed Switches, Firmware Release 2.4, ver 0.4
• The New Password Must Be Different than the Current One—If selected, the new
password cannot be the same as the current password upon a password change.
Click Apply. The password settings are written to the Running Configuration file.
Configuring the username-password equivalence, and manufacturer-password equivalence
may be done through the CLI. See the CLI Reference Guide for further instruction.
This section is only relevant for the 550 family.
This section describes how to configure key chains for applications and protocols, such as RIP.
See IP Configuration: RIPv2
It covers the following topics:
• Key Chain
• Key Settings
Key Chain
This feature is only supported on Sx550X/SG550XG devices.
To create a new key chain.
Click Security > Key Management > Key Chain Settings.
To add a new key chain, click Add to open the Add Key Chain page and enter the following
fields:
• Key Chain—Name for the key chain.
• Key Identifier—Integer identifier for the key chain.
• Key String—Value of the key chain string. Enter one of the following options:
- User Defined (Encrypted)—Enter an encrypted version.
- User Defined (Plaintext)—Enter a plaintext version
for a description of how RIP uses key chain for authentication.
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