Multiple CLI Users for Each Role

Table 1. Multiple CLI Users product support
Feature	Product	Release introduced
Multiple CLI users per role	5420 Series	VOSS 8.4
	5520 Series	VOSS 8.2.5
	VSP 4450 Series	VOSS 7.0
	VSP 4900 Series	VOSS 8.1
	VSP 7200 Series	VOSS 7.0
	VSP 7400 Series	VOSS 8.0
	VSP 8200 Series	VOSS 7.0
	VSP 8400 Series	VOSS 7.0
	VSP 8600 Series	VSP 8600 8.0 demonstration feature
	XA1400 Series	VOSS 8.0.50

Note

DEMO FEATURE - Multiple CLI Users Per Role is a demonstration feature on some products. Demonstration features are provided for testing purposes. Demonstration features are for lab use only and are not for use in a production environment. For more information on feature support, see VOSS Feature Support Matrix.

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, remote login (rlogin), or ftp. When a user is created, authentication is enabled, by default.

Note

Rlogin is only supported on VSP 8600 Series.

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.