Guidelines and Limitations
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Guidelines and Limitations
User account and RBAC have the following configuration guidelines and limitations:
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A user account must have at least one user role.
Note
Configuring User Accounts
You can create a maximum of 256 user accounts on a Nexus 5000 Series switch. User accounts have the
following attributes:
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User accounts can have a maximum of 64 user roles. For more information on user roles, see the
"Configuring RBAC" section on page
Changes to user account attributes do not take effect until the user logs in and creates a new session.
Note
To configure a user account, perform this task:
Command
Step 1
switch(config)# show role
Step 2
switch# configure terminal
Step 3
switch(config)# username user-id
[password password] [expire date] [role
role-name]
Step 4
switch(config)# exit
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You can add up to 256 rules to a user role.
You can assign a maximum of 64 user roles to a user account.
Username
Password
Expiry date
User roles
Chapter 22
22-5.
Purpose
(Optional) Displays the user roles available. You can
configure other user roles, if necessary (see the
"Creating User Roles and Rules" section on
page
22-5)
Enters configuration mode.
Configure a user account. The user-id argument is a
case-sensitive, alphanumeric character string with a
maximum length of 28 characters.
The default password is undefined.
If you do not specify a password, the user
Note
might not be able to log in to the Nexus 5000
Series switch.
The expire date option format is YYYY-MM-DD.
The default is no expiry date.
Exits global configuration mode.
Configuring User Accounts and RBAC
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