HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8000

providers. Based on the account, there are differences in the access it provides to the storage system
interfaces, the type of password options, and the permissions associated with the account.
Table 3: HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage system accounts with HPE 3PAR OS 3.3.1
and 3.2.2
Account PW options Interface access Permissions
3paradm Static password
Administrator sets/changes
through the Administrator
console
• Main console
• Administrator console
• Interactive CLI
• Only the administrator
• Create new CLI user
accounts
• Service and diagnostic
functions
• Super rights
console Time-based or encrypted-
based password
• Administrator sets the
password option through
CLI commands
• For encrypted-based
password, administrator
retrieves/exports the
ciphertext (blob) through
CLI commands
• Main console
• Administrator console
• Only Hewlett Packard
Enterprise support and
authorized service providers
• Service and diagnostic
functions
root Time-based or encrypted-
based password
• Administrator sets the
password option through
CLI commands
• For encrypted-based
password, administrator
retrieves/exports the
ciphertext (blob) through
CLI commands
Linux Shell on the storage
system
• Only Hewlett Packard
Enterprise support and
authorized service providers
• Service and diagnostic
functions
Setting time-based or encryption-based password option for a storage system account
Procedure
1. Connect and log in to the HPE 3PAR Service Processor (SP) and access the interactive CLI interface.
2. Query the current mode by using the HPE 3PAR CLI controlrecoveryauth status command.
3. To change the mode, use the controlrecoveryauth setmethod <totp|ciphertext>
command, where <totp|ciphertext> is either totp or ciphertext.
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