Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Hardware Installation Guide - Manual (Page 34)

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Assigning permanent passwords
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• 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.
Follow the steps to set passwords.
1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter the following command to change to the Privileged level of the
EXEC mode.
TurboIron> enable
2. Access the configuration level of the CLI by entering the following command.
TurboIron# configure terminal
TurboIron(config)#
3. Enter the following command to set the Super User password.
TurboIron# 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.
TurboIron(config)# enable port-config-password text
TurboIron(config)# enable read-only-password text
NOTE
If you forget your Super User password, refer to “Recovering from a lost password” .
Syntax: enable super-user-password | read-only-password | port-config-password text
Passwords 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.
Follow the steps to recover from a lost password.
1. Start a CLI session over the serial interface to the Brocade device.
2. Reboot the device.
3. While the system is booting, before the initial system prompt appears, enter b to enter the boot
monitor mode.
4. Enter no password at the prompt. (You cannot abbreviate this command.)
5. Enter boot system flash primary at the prompt. This command causes the device to bypass the
system password check.
6. After the console prompt reappears, assign a new password.