Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series User Manual

CHAPTER
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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide
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Configuring Basic Settings
This chapter tells how to configure basic settings on your Firewall Services Module (FWSM). This
chapter includes the following sections:
• Changing the Passwords, page 6-1
• Setting the Host Name, page 6-4
• Setting the Domain Name, page 6-5
• Adding a Login Banner, page 6-5
• Configuring Interfaces, page 6-6
• Configuring Connection Limits for Non-NAT Configurations, page 6-10
Changing the Passwords
This section tells how to change the login password and enable password from their default settings, as
well as how to change the maintenance partition passwords. The maintenance partition is used for
troubleshooting, recovering from a corrupted image, or recovering lost passwords. See the following
topics:
• Changing the Login Password, page 6-2
• Changing the Enable Password, page 6-2
• Changing the Maintenance Partition Passwords, page 6-2
Note In multiple context mode, every context and the system execution space has its own login policies and
passwords.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Catalyst 6500 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English