Changing Account Parameters - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Administrator's Manual

8. Type the password for the account. The password is not displayed when you enter it on the
command line.
Passwords can be from 8 through 40 characters long. They must begin with an alphabetic character.
They can include numeric characters, the dot (.), and the underscore ( _ ). They are case-sensitive.
Passwords must also meet any additional password rules that have been set up. (See the procedure
"To set the rules for passwords"
9. Retype the password in the Confirm Password field for confirmation.
10. Check the available Admin Domains that the user can access. Only Admin Domains that have
already been created and to which you have access are displayed.
If all the Admin Domains in the list are inactive then you can't login to the switch.
The All option does not mean all of the listed Admin Domains; it means all Admin Domains from
AD0 through AD255, regardless of whether they have been created yet.
The All radio button is disabled unless the following conditions are met:
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Selecting All makes the target user account a physical fabric administrator.
11. Select a home domain for the user from the Home AD drop-down menu.
If AD0 is deselected in the user's Admin Domain list and no other Admin Domains have been
selected, the next available Admin Domain becomes the user's default home Admin Domain.
12. Click OK.
The account creation dialog box closes.
13. Click Apply to apply your changes.
To delete a user-defined account
1. Launch the Switch Admin module as described on
2. Click the User tab.
3. Select the account to remove and click Remove.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
You cannot delete the default accounts. An account cannot delete itself. All active command line
interface (CLI) sessions for the deleted account are logged out.

Changing Account Parameters

Use the following procedure to change the role, add or change the description, and enable or disable
accounts. Note that you cannot change the user name of the account using this procedure. To change the
user name, you must delete the account and create a new account.
Users can select their own accounts in the user account table and change the password. All other buttons
are grayed out.
Web Tools Administrator's Guide
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
on page 17-8 for more information.)
The selected role for the target user must be Admin.
You must be a physical fabric administrator.
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