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HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual

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Fabric OS 5.x administrator guide 71
The following options are available:
6. Enter 3.
7. Issue the passwd command at the shell prompt.
NOTE: The passwd command applies only to the boot PROM password when it is entered from the boot
interface.
8. Enter the boot PROM password at the prompt, and then reenter it when prompted. The password must
be eight alphanumeric characters (any additional characters are not recorded). Record this password
for future use.
9. Issue the saveEnv command to save the new password.
10.Reboot the standby CP blade by issuing the reset command.
11.Connect to the active CP blade serially and by telnet and issue the haEnable command to restore
HA, and then fail over the active CP blade by issuing the haFailover command.
Traffic resumes flowing through the newly active CP blade after it has completed rebooting.
12.Connect the serial cable to the serial port on the new standby CP blade (previously the active
CP blade).
13.Repeat step 3 through step 10 for the new standby CP blade.
14.Connect to the active CP blade serially and by telnet and issue the haEnable command to restore
HA.
Recovering forgotten passwords
If you know the root password, you can use this procedure to recover the user, admin, and
factory passwords:
1. Open a CLI connection (serial or telnet) to the switch. If secure mode is enabled, connect to the
primary FCS switch.
2. Log in as root.
3. Issue the command for the type of password that was lost:
•
passwd user
• passwd admin
•
passwd factory
4. Enter the requested information at the prompts.
To recover a lost root password, contact your switch service provider.
To recover a lost boot PROM password, contact your switch service provider. You must have previously
set a recovery string to recover the boot PROM password.
Option Description
1 Start system. Continues the system boot process.
2 Recovery password. Lets you set the recovery string and the boot PROM
password.
3 Enter command shell. Provides access to boot parameters.

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