Diagnostic Console Password Settings

This option provides the ability to configure the strength of passwords (status and admin) and allows you to configure password attributes, such as setting maximum number of days that must lapse before you need to change the password, which should be done via the Account Configuration menu. The operation in these menus applies only to Diagnostic Console accounts (status and admin) and passwords; it has no effect on the regular CC-SG GUI accounts or passwords.

To configure Diagnostic Console passwords:

Choose Operation > Admin > DiagCon Passwords > Password Configuration.
In the Password History Depth field, type the number of passwords that will be remembered. The default setting is five.

Select either Regular, Random, or Strong for the admin and status (if enabled) passwords.

Password setting	Description
Regular	These are standard. Passwords must be longer than four characters with few restrictions. This is the system default password configuration.
Random	Provides randomly generated passwords. Configure the maximum password size in bits (minimum is 14, maximum is 70, default is 20) and number of retries (default is 10), which is the number of times you will be asked if you want to accept the new password. You can either accept (by typing in the new password twice) or reject the random password. You cannot select your own password.
Strong	Enforce strong passwords. Retries is the number of times you are prompted before an error message is issued. DiffOK is how many characters can be the same in the new password relative to the old. MinLEN is the minimum length of characters required in the password. Specify how many Digits, Upper-case letters, Lower-case letters, and Other (special) characters are required in the password. Positive numbers indicate the maximum amount of “credit” of this character class can be accrued towards the “simplicity” count. Negative numbers implies that the password MUST have at least that many characters from this given class. Thus, numbers of -1 means that every password must have at least one digit in it.

Password setting

Description

Regular

These are standard. Passwords must be longer than four characters with few restrictions. This is the system default password configuration.

Random

Provides randomly generated passwords. Configure the maximum password size in bits (minimum is 14, maximum is 70, default is 20) and number of retries (default is 10), which is the number of times you will be asked if you want to accept the new password. You can either accept (by typing in the new password twice) or reject the random password. You cannot select your own password.

Strong

Enforce strong passwords.

Retries is the number of times you are prompted before an error message is issued.

DiffOK is how many characters can be the same in the new password relative to the old.

MinLEN is the minimum length of characters required in the password. Specify how many Digits, Upper-case letters, Lower-case letters, and Other (special) characters are required in the password.

Positive numbers indicate the maximum amount of “credit” of this character class can be accrued towards the “simplicity” count.

Negative numbers implies that the password MUST have at least that many characters from this given class. Thus, numbers of -1 means that every password must have at least one digit in it.