Security Manager
With the security manager tool you can change the bootstrap password.
The bootstrap password is used to authenticate a Cisco IOS device before it connects to the Event Gateway. You can set the default bootstarp password by using the Cisco Configuration Engine setup program. For additional information see “Device Authentication” section.
To access Security management tasks, log into the system (see “Logging In” section). Then, from the Home page, click the
Tools
tab. The Tools page appears. From the Tools page, click
Security Mgr
.
The Security Manager page appears showing: BootStrap.
Changing Bootstrap Password
The bootstrap password is used where multiple devices are deployed in a batch. In this case, all devices in a particular batch are given the same (bootstrap) password to use when they each start up on the network for the first time. The bootstrap password can be changed for different batches of devices by using the Security Manager.
Step 1 From the Security Management page, click
BootStrap
.
The Change Bootstrap Password page appears (see Figure 13-1).
Figure 13-1 Change Bootstrap Password
Step 2 In the password dialog box, enter the new password.
Table 13-1
shows valid values for these fields.
Table 13-1 Valid Values for Change Bootstrap Password
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New password
|
Bootstrap password
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Printable characters with a length of 6 – 12
|
Confirm password
|
Bootstrap password
|
Printable characters with a length of 6 – 12
|
Update
|
Modifies the database copy of the password that is equal to the current bootstrap password. This will require manual intervention on all currently uninstalled devices when they do their initial registration.
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Radio button
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Keep
|
Does not modify the database copy of any password that is equal to the current bootstrap password. This allows all currently uninstalled devices to complete their initial registration without manual intervention.
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Radio button
|
Step 3 Confirm the new password.
Step 4 Choose (
Keep
,
Update
radio buttons) the subsequent action to the database regarding any password that is equal to the bootstrap password.
Step 5 To clear all entries, click
Reset
.
Step 6 To save the new password, click
OK
.