Obtaining the boot prom recovery password – Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 User Manual
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Replace any non-Brocade SFP transceiver.
b)
Try replacing the SFP transceiver.
c)
Try replacing the cable.
Recovering the root password by using the root account
Use this procedure if you have lost access to the admin account, but you do have access to the root
account.
To reset any account password from the root account, follow these steps:
NOTE
For a non-secured system, you can use the serial interface or Telnet. For a secure system, you can
use the serial interface or secure Telnet.
1. Open a CLI session to the switch.
2. Log in as root.
3. At the prompt, enter the noscli command to start the Network OS command line.
switch:root> noscli
4. Enter global configuration mode.
switch# configure terminal
Entering configuration mode terminal
switch(config)#
5. Use the following syntax of the username command to reset passwords for the admin or user
accounts, or for any other nondefault users.
username account-name password new-password
The following example resets the admin password to the default value of "password."
switch(config)# username admin password password
You can now use the admin account to manage the admin and user passwords by using normal
password-management procedures.
Keep a hard copy of your switch passwords in a secure location.
Obtaining the Boot PROM recovery password
Use this procedure when you do not have the Boot PROM password.
This procedure obtains a Boot PROM recovery password. It does not reset the Network OS
passwords on the switch. Once the Boot PROM password has been recovered, you must go through
the Boot PROM command shell to reset the Network OS passwords on the switch.
This procedure explains how to gather the information you need to send to your switch support
provider in order to get a Boot PROM recovery password. Once you have received the Boot PROM
recovery password, and gained access to the Boot PROM, you must reset the passwords by using
Recovering the root password for Brocade VDX 67xx platforms
on page 698, or
password for Brocade VDX 8770 platforms
After completing this procedure, the Boot PROM password will be set. To avoid having to obtain a
Boot PROM recovery password for future password-recovery operations, you can choose to reset the
Boot PROM password as described in
Clearing the Boot PROM password
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