Creating a User Account

Context

You can add user accounts to a switch to allow it to authenticate and authorize login users based on the local user information. You can also create multiple user accounts and assign different user levels and passwords for them to refine user management.

Only administrative users can add user accounts.

You can create a user account of the same or a lower level.

Procedure

Choose Maintenance > System Maintenance > Administrator.
Click Create. The Create User dialog box is displayed.
On the Create User page, enter values in User name, Password, and Confirm password and select values for Access level and Access type, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Create User
Click OK.