During appliance configuration, you must enter this information, in addition to the items listed in Required IP addresses and subnets:

• Linux username: This is maglev. Use this username on all appliances in a cluster, including the primary and secondary nodes. You cannot change the username.

• Linux password: Identifies the password for the Linux user named maglev. This password ensures secure access to each appliance using the Linux command line. If needed, you can assign a different password for the maglev user on each appliance in the cluster.

  Ensure that the password you configure complies with the Password requirements.

  The Linux password is encrypted and hashed in the Catalyst Center database. If you are deploying a multinode cluster, you will also be prompted to enter the primary node's Linux password on each of the secondary nodes.

• Password generation seed (Optional): Instead of creating a Linux password, you can enter a seed phrase and click Generate Password. The Maglev Configuration wizard generates a random and secure password using this seed phrase. You can further edit the generated password by using the Auto Generated Password field.

• Administrator passphrase: Identifies the password used for web access to Catalyst Center in a cluster. This is the password for the superuser account admin, which you use to log in to Catalyst Center for the first time (see Log in to Catalyst Center for the first time). You are prompted to change this password when you log in for the first time.

  Ensure that the password you configure complies with the Password requirements.

• Cisco IMC user password: Identifies the password used for access to the Cisco IMC GUI. The factory default is password, but you are prompted to change it when you first set up Cisco IMC for access using a web browser (see Enable browser access to the Cisco Integrated Management Controller).

  The Cisco IMC user password must meet the same requirements as the Linux password described earlier. It can be changed back to password only by a reset to factory defaults.

• Primary node IP address: Required only when you are installing secondary nodes in a cluster. This is the IP address of the cluster port on the primary node (see Interface cable connections).