Telnet Password Protection Using Local Authentication - Avaya ERS 2500 Technical Configuration Manual

3.3 Telnet Password Protection using Local
Authentication
To enable local telnet authentication on a standalone switch, enter the following command:

ERS-Stackable(config)# cli password telnet local
or

ERS-Stackable(config)# cli password switch telnet local
These settings can be stored for both switch standalone operation and stack mode

operation. It is recommended to make the same setting for both switch standalone and
stack operation otherwise if a unit changes operational mode (e.g. unit removed from a
stack, or a stack of 2 units and 1 unit fails) then a different setting might become active.
To enable local telnet authentication on a switch stack, enter the following command:

ERS-Stackable(config)# cli password stack telnet local
To verify the configuration, enter the following command:

ERS-Stackable(config)# show cli password type
Console Switch Password Type: None
Console Stack Password Type: None
Telnet/WEB Switch Password Type:
Telnet/WEB Stack Password Type: None
You have the choice of using the default user names and passwords to access the switch, using
the default passwords and changing the user names, and/or changing the default user names
and passwords. The default user names are RO and RW for the read-only and read-write users
respectively. For the standard image the default password for RO is user and secure for RW. For
the secure software image, the default password for RO is userpasswd and securepasswd for
RW.
To change the default switch or stack CLI passwords, enter the following commands:

ERS-Stackable(config)# cli password <switch|stack> read-only <RO password>

ERS-Stackable(config)# cli password <switch|stack> read-write <RW password>
To view the configuration, enter the following command:

ERS-Stackable# show cli password
Switch
Access Login
------ --------- ------------------------------------
RW RW
RO RO
Stack
Access Login
------ --------- ------------------------------------
RW RW
RO RO
Local Password
Username / Password
RW / ***************
RO / ***************
Username / Password
RW / ***************
RO / ***************
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