Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 147)

3. Press Esc within four seconds after the message "Press escape within 4 seconds..." is displayed.
4. When prompted, enter 3 to enter the command shell.
5. At the shell prompt, enter the passwd command.
The passwd command only applies to the boot PROM password when it is entered from the boot
interface.
6. Enter the boot PROM password at the prompt, 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.
7. Enter the saveEnv command to save the new password.
8. Reboot the switch by entering the reset command.
Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone without a recovery
string
This procedure applies to the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4, and DCX 8510-8 Backbones.
On the Brocade DCX Backbone, set the password on the standby CP blade, fail over, and then set the
password on the previously active (now standby) CP blade to minimize disruption to the fabric.
1. Determine the active CP blade by opening a Telnet session to either CP blade, connecting as admin,
and entering the haShow command.
2. Connect to the active CP blade over a serial or Telnet connection and enter the haDisable command
to prevent failover during the remaining steps.
3. Create a serial connection to the standby CP blade as described in Connecting to Fabric OS through
the serial port on page 38.
4. 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 .
This causes the blade to reset.
5. Press Esc within four seconds after the message "Press escape within 4 seconds..."is displayed.
6. When prompted, enter 3 to enter the command shell.
7. Enter the passwd command at the shell prompt.
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 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.
9. Enter the saveEnv command to save the new password.
10.Reboot the standby CP blade by entering the reset command.
11.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 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 over a serial or Telnet connection and enter the haEnable command
to restore high availability.
Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone without a recovery string
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