Character restrictions for user names and passwords

System Administrator Guide for VSP 5000 Series

Version

90-08-8x

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-98RD9009-13

The user account you created for Device Manager - Storage Navigatorcan also be used for SVP and CCI. Note that the Support Personnel (View & Modify) role is required to log in to SVP.

The number of characters and characters you can use for the user name and password are determined by the software you will use to log in. You can log in to one or more of Device Manager - Storage Navigator, SVP, CCI. If you log in to multiple programs, specify the user name and the password that satisfy the user name and password requirements (listed below) for the applicable software applications.

Note the following restrictions for user names and passwords.

User name and password for Device Manager - Storage Navigator

Note: If you cannot log in on a Tool Panel dialog box screen, check to see if you have used a number sign (#) in the user name, or used a quotation mark (") or a backslash (\) in the password.

Item	Length in characters	Characters that can be used
User name	1-256	Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters The following symbols: # $ % & ' * + - . / = ? @ ^ _ ` { \| } ~ You cannot use the # symbol when you enter a user name in a screen from the Tool Panel dialog box.
Password	6-256	Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters All symbols You cannot use the quotation mark (") or backslash (\) symbols when you enter a password in a screen from the Tool Panel dialog box.

Item

Length in characters

Characters that can be used

User name

1-256

Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters
The following symbols:
# $ % & ' * + - . / = ? @ ^ _ ` { | } ~

You cannot use the # symbol when you enter a user name in a screen from the Tool Panel dialog box.

Password

6-256

Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters
All symbols

You cannot use the quotation mark (") or backslash (\) symbols when you enter a password in a screen from the Tool Panel dialog box.

User name and password for logging in to SVP

Item	Length in characters	Characters that can be used
User name	1-128	Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters The following symbols: ! # $ % & ' - . @ ^ _ ` { } ~
Password	6- 127	Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters All symbols

User name and password for logging in to CCI

Item	Length in characters	Characters that can be used
User name	1-63	Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters The following symbols¹: - . @ _
Password	6- 63	Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters The following symbols²: - , . :@ _
Note: If the host on which CCI is installed is running on UNIX, a slash (/) can be specified. If the host on which CCI is installed is running on Windows, a back slash (\) can be specified.