Multiple CLI Users for Each Role

You can create up to a maximum of 10 CLI users for each role, which includes:

• 3 default users (rwa, rw, and ro)—User Type = default

• 7 user defined users (rwa or rw or ro)—User Type = userDefined

Usernames for default users (rwa, rw, and ro) can be changed; however, usernames for user defined users cannot be changed.

Users require a username and password to connect to the switch. Users can log on through the local serial port, Telnet, SSH, or ftp. When a user is created, authentication is enabled, by default.

For security reasons, if a login attempt fails, the error feedback does not indicate if the failed login is due to an invalid user name or an invalid password. Response times for invalid user name and invalid user name/password pair are identical to prevent identification of which of the two failed.

Note

Multiple CLI users for each role does not apply in enhanced secure mode.