Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Administrator's Manual page 210

Default administrator account
The VCS has a default local administrator account with full Read-write access. This account is used
to log into the VCS using the web UI or the CLI.
The username for this account is admin (all lower case) and the default password is TANDBERG (all
upper case). You cannot delete the default administrator account or change its admin username, but
you should change the password as soon as possible. Choose a strong password, particularly if
administration over IP is enabled.
Administrators can always log in using the local admin account even if remote administrator
authentication is enabled. If you forget the password for the admin account, you can still log in as
another administrator user with read-write access and change the password for the admin account.
If you do not have any other such administrator users set up, or you have forgotten those passwords
as well, it is possible to reset the password for the admin account as long as you have physical
access to the VCS. See the
Additional administrator accounts
You can add up to 15 additional administrator accounts, which can be used to log in to the web user
interface but not the CLI. If remote administrator authentication is enabled, only the local admin
account is displayed.
Note that:
The Configuration Log
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interface, and can be used as an audit trail. This is particularly useful when you have multiple
administrator accounts.
More than one administrator session can be running at the same time. These sessions could be
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using the web interface, command line interface, or a mixture of both. This may cause confusion if
each administrator session attempts to modify the same configuration settings - changes made in
one session will overwrite changes made in another session.
Password security
The Password security page
whether or not administrator
accepted.
If Enforce strict passwords is set to On, all subsequently configured administrator passwords must
contain at least 15 ASCII characters made up of at least:
2 lowercase letters ['a'..'z']
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2 uppercase letters ['A'..'Z']
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2 numeric values ['0'..'9']
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2 special characters [such as '@' or '$']
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If Enforce strict passwords is set to Off, no checks are made on administrator passwords.
Note that:
Regardless of this setting, it is not possible to set a blank password for any administrator account.
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This setting affects administrator passwords only. It does not affect any other passwords used on
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the VCS such as in the local authentication database, LDAP server, external registration
credentials or user account passwords.
All passwords and usernames are case sensitive.
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Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X6.1)
Resetting an administrator or root password
records all login attempts and configuration changes made using the web
(Maintenance > Login accounts > Password
passwords must meet a minimum level of complexity before they are
Maintenance
section for details.
security) controls
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