Password requirements

Passwords must:

• Contain only ASCII characters from hexadecimal 21 to hexadecimal 7E [\x21-\x7E] (decimal 33 to 126). Spaces are not allowed. When the password is entered directly without prompting, the "?" symbol (hexadecimal 3F [\x3F] (decimal 63)) is not permitted.

• Contain at most 32 characters.

• Contain at least the number of characters configured (optionally) for minimum-password-length.

• Not be blank. On a factory-default switch, the admin user has a blank password. If the admin user password is changed, it can only be reset to blank by reverting the switch to factory defaults.

  NOTE:

  Only an administrator can change the password of a user assigned to the operators role.