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Use the admin object to configure the following system administration-related parameters in object on the 

Command Syntax

Command syntax for the set and request commands is shown below.

Set Command Syntax

See Set Command Parameters for parameter descriptions.

% set system admin <SYSTEM NAME> 
	accountManagement
		accountAging
			accountAgingPeriod <30-180>
			state <disabled | enabled>
		bruteForceAttack
			allowAutoUnlock <disabled | enabled>
			consecutiveFailedAttemptAllowed <1-10>
			state <disabled | enabled>
			unlockTime <30-3600 seconds>
		maxSessions <1-5>
		passwordAging
			passwordAgingPeriod <30-180>
			passwordExpiryWarningPeriod <3-14> 
			state <disabled | enabled>
		sessionIdleTimeout 
			idleTimeout <1-120>
			state <disabled | enabled>
	auditLogState <disabled | enabled>
	banner <system name>
		ackBanner <disable | enable>
		bannerText <text>
	cliSetWarningSupport <disabled | enabled>
	contact <contact_info>
	dod
		cliAccess <disabled | enabled>
		mode <disabled | enabled>
		pmAccess <disabled | enabled>
	dspMismatchAction <preserveCapacity | preserveRedundancy>
	externalAuthenticationEnabled <false | true>
	fips-140-2 mode <disabled | enabled>
	localAuthenticationEnabled <false | true>
	location <location_info>
	passwordRules 
		maximumRepeatingCharsCount <#>
		minimumDiffWithOldPassword <#>
		minimumLength <#>
		minimumNumberOfDigits <#>
		minimumNumberOfLowercaseChars <#>
		minimumNumberOfOtherChars <#>
		minimumNumberOfUppercaseChars <#>
		passwordHistoryDepth <#>
	rest state <disabled | enabled>
	standbyServerState <disabled | enabled>
	utilMonitorStatsInterval <#>
	utilMonitorStatsNumOfPastInterval <#> 

Request Command Syntax

See Request Command Parameters for parameter descriptions.

% request system admin <SYSTEM NAME>
	identify duration <0-255 seconds>
	loadConfig
		allowOldVersion <no | yes>
		filename 
	reGenerateSshRsaKeys
	reKeyConfdEncryptionKeys
	removeSavedConfig fileName <filename>
	restart
	revertSoftwareUpgrade revertMode <forced | normal>
	saveConfig fileNameSuffix <suffix>
	softReset
	switchover
	zeroizePersistenKeys

Command Parameters

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Parameter

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Length/Range

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Description

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admin

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N/A

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Use this object to specify system name.

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Use this feature to manage system level account and password related settings.

• accountAging – Use this parameter to enable account aging, and to specify the account expiration duration.
  
  • accountAgingPeriod – The number of days to elapse, after which the account is locked if left unused (range: 30-180 / default = 30).
  • state – Set flag to "enabled" to enable account aging system-wide.
    
    • disabled
    • enabled (default)
• bruteForceAttack – Configuration for defense against brute force OAM password guessing attempts.

  • allowAutoUnlock – Enable Auto Unlock of an account blocked due to consecutive wrong password attempts.

    • disabled (default)
    • enabled

  • consecutiveFailedAttemptAllowed – Number of consecutive failed login attempts allowed before account is locked. As a safety measure, the system will not lock out the last/only active Administrator user on 

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    platform. (range: 1-10 / default = 3)

    Note
    You must first set state to 'disabled' before changing the value of consecutiveFailedAttemptAllowed.

  • state – Enable/disable defense against brute force OAM password guessing attempts

    • disabled (default)
    • enabled

  • unlockTime – If allowAutoUnlock flag is enabled, this parameter specifies the time (in seconds) to elapse before a locked account automatically unlocks. (range: 30-3600 / default = 30)

• maxSessions – Maximum number of simultaneous sessions allowed per user (range: 1-5 / default = 2).
• passwordAging – password expiration related configuration.

  • passwordAgingPeriod – The number of days to elapse, after which a password expires (range: 30-180 / default = 90).

  •  passwordExpiryWarningPeriod – The number of days prior to the password expiry date on which the user receives a warning to change the password (range: 3-14 / default = 12).

  • state – Use this flag to enable/disable password aging feature.

    • disabled
    • enabled (default)
• sessionIdleTimeout – Session idle timeout related configuration.
  • idleTimeout – The amount of idle time, in minutes, to elapse before ending a session due to inactivity (range: 1-120 / default = 10).
  • state – To use this feature, set this flag to "enabled".
    
    • disabled
    • enabled (default)

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auditLogState

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N/A

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Use this flag to specify the management audit log state.

• disabled
• enabled (default)

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banner

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1-23

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Use this parameter to customize the post-login banner from EMA and CLI applications.

• ackBanner – Enable flag to require user to acknowledge (accept) the banner before gaining access to the system each time the user logs into the system.
  
  • disabled (default)
  • enabled 
• bannerText  – Use this parameter to specify the banner text to display when users login to EMA and CLI applications.

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cliSetWarningSupport

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N/A

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When this flag is enabled, warning prompts are configured for the "set" command.

• disabled
• enabled (default)

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contact

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N/A

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Use parameter to specify system contact information. (default is "Unknown")

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Use this object to enable DoD mode, and to enable/disable CLI and/or EMA access for temporary troubleshooting and diagnostics.

• cliAccess – Use this flag to temporarily enable CLI for troubleshooting and diagnostic while the SBC is in DoD mode.
  • disabled (default)
  • enabled
• mode – Use this flag to enable/disable DoD Mode.
  • disabled (default)
  • enabled
• pmAccess – Use this flag to temporarily enable EMA's Platform Mode for troubleshooting and diagnostic while the SBC is in DoD mode.
  • disabled (default)
  • enabled

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Use this parameter to specify the action to take if a DSP mismatch is detected between the active and standby servers. 

• preserveCapacity – The Active 

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  continues to use the extra DSP capacity, as needed, assuming appropriate session licenses are in place; partial redundancy is in effect.

  Note
  If a switchover occurs, calls using the extra, non-matching DSP capacity on Active are not protected during switchover (i.e. partial redundancy).

• preserveRedundancy (default) – The Active automatically triggers a graceful dry-up in an attempt to align DSP hardware capabilities. Once dry-up completes, the Active SBC uses the protected, matching DSP capacity to preserve redundancy.

  Note
  During the dry-up period, active calls using the extra, non-matching DSP capacity are not protected in the event that a switchover occurs before the dry up completes.

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externalAuthenticationEnabled

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N/A

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The confd CLI user information stored on remote RADIUS server is available for authentication.

• false (default)
• true

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 Use this object to enable FIPS-140-2 mode.

• disabled (default)
• enabled 

For complete details of configuring the 

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localAuthenticationEnabled

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N/A

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The confd CLI user information stored locally is available for authentication.

• false
• true (default)

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location

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N/A

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Specifies the physical location of the system.

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passwordRules

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N/A

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The rules implementing confd user password policy.

• maximumRepeatingCharsCount – Maximum number of consecutive repeating characters in the password. (range: 3-16 / default = 3).
• minimumDiffWithOldPassword  – The minimum differences between the old and the new passwords (range 1-8 / default - 4).
• minimumLength – Minimum number of characters that should be present in the password. (range: 8-24 / default = 8)
• minimumNumberOfDigits – Minimum number of digits that should be present in the password. (range: 0-16 / default = 1)
• minimumNumberOfLowercaseChars – Minimum number of lower case characters that should be present in the password. (range: 0-16 / default = 1)
• minimumNumberOfOtherChars –-Minimum number of non-alpha-numeric characters that should be present in the password. (range: 0-16 / default = 1)
• minimumNumberOfUppercaseChars – Minimum number of upper case characters that should be present in the password. (range: 0-16 / default = 1)
• passwordHistoryDepth –The number of latest passwords that should be prevented from re-use. (range: 0-10 / default = 4)

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Enable this flag to allow

• disabled (default)
• enabled

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standbyServerState

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N/A

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Use this flag to manually enable or disable standby server if the active server fails.

• disabled
• enabled (default)

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utilMonitorStatsInterval

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5-60

Specifies time interval for system resource monitoring statistics. This parameter defines the range of timer interval in minutes used by configuration management for measuring the statistics of certain resources. (default = 15).

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utilMonitorStatsNumOfPastInterval

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1-12

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The number of past intervals that can be configured for retrieving the statistics data. (default = 4).

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Parameter

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Length/Range

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Description

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identify

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0-255

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Turn on/off the locator LED of the specified server for the amount of time set with the duration sub-parameter below.

• duration – The duration (in seconds) to illuminate the locator LED of specified server. The LED illuminates for the specified number of seconds and then extinguishes. A duration of "0" turns off the locator LED and a duration of "255" turns on the locator LED indefinitely. If the duration is not specified, 15 seconds is set as the default value.

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loadConfig

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N/A

Load saved configuration and restart the system without rebooting the servers.

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• no
• yes

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filename – Enter the configuration file to load.

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Use this control to regenerate system configuration database encryption keys.

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removeSavedConfig

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N/A

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Remove the saved configuration from the system.

• fileName – Specify filename of configuration to remove from the system.

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restart

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N/A

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Restart system (all CEs).

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revertSoftwareUpgrade

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N/A

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Use this control to revert the last live software upgrade using one of the following selectable revert modes:

• revertMode
• forced
• normal

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saveConfig

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N/A

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Save the current configuration.

• fileNameSuffix – Use this parameter to specify the filename suffix to use when saving the configuration.

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softReset

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N/A

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Restart the applications on the system without rebooting the server(s).

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switchover

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N/A

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Perform a switchover of the management applications and restart all applications on currently active server.

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Use this control to securely erase all persistent CSPs from the system. The 

Command Examples

The following example displays system administrative information:

admin@sbx1% show system admin
admin sbx1 {
    auditLogState       enabled;
    dspMismatchAction   preserveRedundancy;
    passwordRules {
        minimumLength                 8;
        minimumNumberOfUppercaseChars 1;
        minimumNumberOfLowercaseChars 1;
        minimumNumberOfDigits         1;
        minimumNumberOfOtherChars     1;
        passwordHistoryDepth          4;
        maximumRepeatingCharsCount    3;
        minimumDiffWithOldPassword    4;
    }
    fips-140-2 {
        mode disabled;
    }
    dod {
        mode disabled;
    }
} 

The following example turns on locator LED for 60 seconds:

% request system admin SBC01 identify duration 60  
result success  
reason Identifying server(s)...  
[ok][2012-12-28 08:46:19] 

The following example sets the Banner content to require user acknowledgement:

% set system admin SBC01 banner ackBanner enabled bannerText "This computer system, including all related equipment and network devices (including Internet access), are provided for authorized use only"
% commit

The following example uses the Account Management feature to accomplishes the following actions:

• Allows a locked account to unlock after five minutes
• Enables 

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  to defend against brute force attacks
• Sets the number of consecutive failed attempts to "3"

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