Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference, Release 1.2(1a)
U Commands

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U Commands

use-profile

username


U Commands


The commands in this chapter apply to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches. All commands are shown here in alphabetical order regardless of command mode. See the "Command Modes" section to determine the appropriate mode for each command. For more information, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide.

use-profile

username

use-profile

To bind a profile to the FCIP interface, use the use-profile option. To disable a configured profile, use the no form of the option.

use-profile profile-id

no use-profile profile-id

Syntax Description

use-profile

Configures the interface using an existing profile.

profile-id

Enters the profile ID to be used from 1 to 255.


Defaults

None.

Command Modes

Configuration mode

Command History

This command was introduced in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.1(1).

Usage Guidelines

Access this command from the switch(config-if)# submode.

Binds the profile with the FCIP interface.

Examples

switch# config t

switch(config)# interface fcip 50

switch(config-if)# use-profile 100

switch(config-if)# no use-profile 100

Related Commands

Command
Description

show interface fcip

Displays an interface configuration for a specified FCIP interface.

show fcip

Displays information about the FCIP profile.


username

To define a user, use the username command in configuration mode. Use the no form of a command to undo the configuration or revert to factory defaults.

username name [expire date] [iscsi ] [role string] [sshkey key_content] [password [0 | 5 user-password] [update-snmpv3]

no username name [expire date] [iscsi ] [role string] [sshkey key_content] [password [0 | 5 user-password] [update-snmpv3]

Syntax Description

name

The name of the user. Maximum length is 32 characters.

expire

Date when this user account expires (in YYYY-MM-DD format).

date

The expiration date.

iscsi

Identifies an iSCSI user

password

Password for the user.

user-password

The password. Maximum length is 32 characters.

0

Password for the user (clear text)

5

Strongly encrypted password

role

Role which the user is to be assigned

sshkey

Updates the SSH key to authenticate a SSH user.

key_content

The actual contents of the SSH public key.

update-snmpv3

Update SNMPv3 password also (provide old SNMPv3 password)


Defaults

None.

Command Modes

Configuration mode.

Command History

This command was introduced in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.0(2).

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

The following example shows how to define a user.

switch(config)# username knuckles password testpw role bodega

switch(config)# do show user-account

user:admin
        this user account has no expiry date
        roles:network-admin 
user:knuckles
        this user account has no expiry date
        roles:bodega

The following example configures the name and password for a a user to login using iSCSI authentication:.

switch(config)# username iscsiuser password ffsffsfsffs345353554535 iscsi