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Accessing the Switch

User Account

A user-level account has viewing access to all manageable parameters, with the exception of:
User account database.
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SNMP community strings.
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A person with a user-level account can use the
the password assigned to the account name. If you have logged on with user capabilities, the command
line prompt ends with a (>) sign. For example:
BD-1.2 >

Administrator Account

A person with an administrator-level account can view and change all switch parameters. With this
level, you can also add and delete users, as well as change the password associated with any account
name (to erase the password, issue the
The administrator can disconnect a management session that has been established by way of a Telnet
connection. If this happens, the user logged on by way of the Telnet connection is notified that the
session has been terminated.
If you have logged on with administrator capabilities, the command line prompt ends with a (#) sign.
For example:
BD-1.18 #
Prompt Text
You must have an administrator-level account to change the text of the prompt. The prompt text is
taken from the SNMP
of the specific command or line.
If an asterisk (*) appears in front of the command line prompt, it indicates that you have outstanding
configuration changes that have not been saved. For example:
* BD-1.19 #

Default Accounts

By default, the switch is configured with two accounts, as shown in
Table 8: Default accounts
Account Name
admin
user
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unconfigure switch all
setting. The number that follows the colon indicates the sequential line
sysname
Access Level
This user can access and change all manageable parameters. However, the user may not
delete all admin accounts.
This user can view (but not change) all manageable parameters, with the following
exceptions:
• This user cannot view the user account database.
• This user cannot view the SNMP community strings.
command to test device reachability and change
ping
command).
Table 8.
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