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3. Reboot the standby CP blade by sliding the On/Off switch on the ejector handle of the standby CP
blade to Off , and then back to On .
4. Press Esc within four seconds after the message "Press escape within 4 seconds..." is displayed.
5. When prompted, enter 2 to select the recovery password option.
• If no password was previously set, the following message is displayed:
Recovery password is NOT set. Please set it now.
• If a password was previously set, the following messages are displayed:
Send the following string to Customer Support for password recovery:
afHTpyLsDo1Pz0Pk5GzhIw==
Enter the supplied recovery password.
Recovery Password:
6. Enter the recovery password (string).
The recovery string must be from 8 through 40 alphanumeric characters in length. A random string
that is 15 characters or longer is recommended for higher security. The firmware only prompts for
this password once. It is not necessary to remember the recovery string because it is displayed the
next time you enter the command shell.
The following prompt is displayed:
New password:
7. Enter the boot PROM password, and then re-enter it when prompted. The password must be eight
alphanumeric characters long any additional characters are not recorded). Record this password for
future use.
The new password is automatically saved (the saveEnv command is not required).
8. Connect to the active CP blade over a serial or Telnet connection and enter the haEnable
command to restore high availability, and then fail over the active CP blade by entering the
haFailover command.
Traffic flow through the active CP blade resumes when the failover is complete.
9. Connect the serial cable to the serial port on the new standby CP blade (previously the active CP
blade).
10.Repeat step 2 through step 7 for the new standby CP blade (each CP blade has a separate boot
PROM password).
11.Connect to the active CP blade over a serial or Telnet connection and enter the haEnable
command to restore high availability.
Although you can set the boot PROM password without also setting the recovery string, it is strongly
recommended that you set both the password and the string as described in
password for a switch with a recovery string
on page 145. If your site procedures dictate that you
must set the boot PROM password without the string, follow the procedure that applies to your
switch model.
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch without a recovery string
This procedure applies to the fixed-port switch models.
The password recovery instructions provided within this section are only for the switches listed in
Supported hardware and software
on page 23. If your switch is not listed, contact your switch support
provider for instructions.
1. Create a serial connection to the switch as described in
Connecting to Fabric OS through the serial
2. Reboot the switch by entering the reboot command.
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