Brocade Communications Systems FastIron X Series Hardware Installation Guide

70 Brocade FastIron X Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide
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Assigning permanent passwords
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• CONFIG – The configuration level. This level lets you configure the system’s IP address and
configure switching and routing features. To access the CONFIG mode, you must already be
logged into the Privileged level of the EXEC mode.
You can set the following levels of Enable passwords:
• Super User – Allows complete read-and-write access to the system. This is generally for system
administrators and is the only password level that allows you to configure passwords.
NOTE
You must set a super user password before you can set other types of passwords.
• Port Configuration – Allows read-and-write access for specific ports but not for global
(system-wide) parameters.
• Read Only – Allows access to the Privileged EXEC mode and CONFIG mode but only with read
access.
To set passwords, complete the following steps.
1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter the following command to change to the Privileged level of the
EXEC mode.
FastIron> enable
2. Access the CONFIG level of the CLI by entering the following command.
FastIron# configure terminal
FastIron(config)#
3. Enter the following command to set the super-user password.
FastIron(config)# enable super-user-password <text>
NOTE
You must set the super-user password before you can set other types of passwords.
4. Enter the following commands to set the port configuration and read-only passwords.
FastIron(config)# enable port-config-password <text>
FastIron(config)# enable read-only-password <text>
NOTE
If you forget your super-user password, refer to “Recovering from a lost password” on page 70.
Syntax: enable super-user-password <text> | read-only-password <text>| port-config-password
<text>
Password <text> can be up to 32 characters long.
Recovering from a lost password
By default, the CLI does not require passwords. However, if someone has configured a password for
the device but the password has been lost, you can regain super-user access to the device using
the following procedure.
NOTE
Recovery from a lost password requires direct access to the serial port and a system reset.
To recover from a lost password, complete the following steps.

Brocade Communications Systems FastIron X Series Specifications

General

Brand	Brocade Communications Systems
Model	FastIron X Series
Category	Switch
Language	English