Cisco Cisco SG300-28 28-Port Gigabit Managed Switch Technical References

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To reset the passphrase to the default passphrase, use the no passphrase.
Syntax
passphrase 
{passphrase}
encrypted passphrase 
{encrypted-passphrase}
no passphrase 
Parameters
passphrase—New system passphrase.
encrypted-passphrase—The passphrase in its encrypted form.
Default Usage
If this command is not entered, the default passphrase is used.
Command Mode
SSD Configuration mode
User Guidelines 
To user this command, enter passphrase and Enter, a confirmation message is 
displayed and the user must confirm the intention to change the passphrase. Then 
the passphrase can be entered (see example). 
Encrypted passphrase is allowed only in the SSD Control Block of a source file 
that is being copied to the startup configuration file (user cannot manually enter 
this command).
When generating a passphrase, the user must use 4 different character classes 
(similar to strong password/passwords complexity). These can be: uppercase 
letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters available on a standard 
keyboard.
Example
The following example defines a decrypted passphrase.
switchxxxxxx(config-ssd)# passphrase 
This operation will change the system SSD passphrase. Are you sure? (Y/N)[N] Y
Please enter SSD passphrase:**********