This section outlines how to enable session management.

To Enable Session Management

  1. Choose Users from the Configuration Menu. The Session/User Management - Advanced page opens.

  2. Select the Enable Session Management checkbox and click Submit.

    Note

    Enabling user management requires you to enter a new password; you are automatically directed to the Change Password page once you click Submit.

  3. Enter your username and password and click Submit. Session management fields become active.

  4. Configure settings using the information in the following table as a guide. When you have finished configuring settings, click Submit to make your changes take effect.

    Session/User Management - Advanced Parameters

    FieldDescription

    Enable Session Management

    Enables session management for the web user interface.

    You must enable Session Management before you can use the User Management configuration page.

    Enable User Management

    Enables user management configuration parameters. Refer to Session/User Management - Enabling User Management.

    Terminal Settings

    Sets the length of inactivity allowed before login sessions are terminated.

    Terminal Inactivity Timeout (seconds)

    Enter a timeout value between 0 (disabled) and 86400 seconds.

    This timer applies to Console, Telnet, and SSH logins. Changes to this value do not affect sessions that are already open.

    The timer starts counting when the session is available to receive a command. The timer is reset once a complete command is entered. An empty command resets the timer (for example, clicking Enter). The timer is inactive when a command is running (for example, continuous ping).

    A value of '0' disables the inactivity timer. The maximum allowed timeout value is 86400 seconds. The default is '0'.

    Session Management Settings

    Configure GUI session settings.

    GUI Inactivity Timeout (minutes)

    Enter the time in minutes after which a GUI session will expire. The range is 5 to 60 minutes.

    GUI Maximum Sessions

    Enter the maximum allowed number of GUI sessions for the system. The range is 1 to 100.

    GUI Maximum Sessions Per User

    Enter the maximum allowed GUI sessions for a single user. The range is 1 to 10.

    Password Configuration Settings

    Disable Strong Password Enforcement

    The box is un-checked by default: Strong Password Enforcement is enabled to require that new passwords be complex.

    • When the box is unchecked, you can configure password enforcement parameters.

    • When the box is checked, new passwords are not required to be complex.

    Note: If user management is enabled, this checkbox is not available on the configuration page, and you have the option to edit all of the password enforcement parameters.

    Refer to Default Password Change and Strong Password Enforcement.

    Minimum Password Length

    Minimum number of required characters a password must contain.

    Note: Maximum password length is 32 characters. The configurable range is 8-15 characters.

    Minimum Password Age

    Minimum number of days before a password can be changed. The range is 0 to 30 days.

    Maximum Password Age

    Maximum number of days after which the password will expire. The range is 30 to 180 days. Once a user password has reached the maximum age, the user is forced to perform a password change before gaining system access. A user account will be disabled if the user fails to perform a password change after three notifications of password expiration.

    Password Changes Till Reuse

    To prevent password flipping, the user is denied the ability to re-use recently used passwords. The range is 0 to 16 previous passwords.

    Minimum Changed Characters Required

    Minimum number of characters that must be changed from the previously used password. The range is 1 to 4.

    Minimum Alphabet Characters Required

    Range is 0 to 4.

    Minimum Upper Case Alphabet Characters Required

    		Range is 0 to 2.

    Minimum lower Case Alphabet Characters Required

    		Range is 0 to 2.

    Minimum Numeric Characters Required

    Range is 0 to 2.

    Minimum Special Characters Required

    Range is 0 to 2. Special characters are the non-alphabetic or numeric ASCII characters between codes 33 and 127.

    Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters Allowed

    Range is 0 to 4.

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