For an explanation of CLI commands, refer to the CLI Reference Guide.

For EMA session management details, refer to Users and Application Management - User and Session Management.


Refer to following pages for default password rules:

A Note About Password Encryption
  • The SBC stores the password hash (not the password itself) in a configuration database. The encryption process uses SHA-512.
  • The SBC and EMA PM use Linux PAM to verify the credentials (not the database). The hash stored in the SBC is used to restore the users upon restore.



CLI and EMA References

Customize password complexity:

Configuring password aging state for the whole system and the interval (in days):

Configuring password aging state for a particular user:

Password reset:

Refer to Account Management - CLI for command details. 

For CLI and EMA configuration details, refer to:


OAM and Linux Interfaces

BMC Interface

For CLI and EMA details regarding configuring for defense against OAM brute-force attacks, refer to:



To configure the client authentication method from CLI, refer to:

To configure EMA TLS profile, refer to: