Chapter 10 Managing Switch Security; In This Chapter - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450 Management Manual

10 Managing Switch Security
Switch security is provided on the switch for all available management interfaces (console, Telnet, HTTP,
FTP, Secure Shell, and SNMP). The switch can be set up to allow or deny access through any of these
interfaces. (Users attempting to access the switch must have a valid username and password.)

In This Chapter

This chapter describes how to set up switch management interfaces through the Command Line Interface
(CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax of
commands, see the OmniSwitch 6250/6450 CLI Reference Guide.
An overview of switch security is given in this chapter. In addition, configuration procedures described in
this chapter include:
"Configuring Authenticated Switch Access" on page 10-6
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• "Setting Up Management Interfaces for ASA" on page 10-9
• "Configuring Accounting for ASA" on page 10-12
A user login procedure requires that users are authenticated for switch access via an external authentica-
tion server or the local user database. For information about setting up user accounts locally on the switch,
see Chapter 9, "Managing Switch User Accounts."
are configured with user information, see the "Managing Authentication Servers" chapter in the
OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Network Configuration Guide.
This chapter describes how to enable/disable access for management interfaces. For information about
basic login on the switch, see
OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Switch Management Guide
For information about setting up external servers that
Chapter 2, "Logging Into the Switch."
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