HP Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class - Manual (Page 232)

232 Understanding legacy password behavior
Password prompting behaviors
Table 40 describes the expected password prompting behaviors of various Fabric OS versions.
Table 40 Password prompting matrix
Topic V2.6.0/3.0.0 V2.6.2/3.1.0 V4.0.0 V4.1.0 and later
Must all password
prompts be
completed for any
change to take
effect?
Yes. If users only
provide some of the
passwords before
exiting, no
passwords are
changed. Prompting
continues on the
next appropriate
login.
Yes. If users only
provide some of the
passwords before
exiting, no passwords
are changed.
Prompting continues
on the next
appropriate login.
No. Partial changes
of all four passwords
are allowed.
No. Partial changes of
all four passwords are
allowed.
When does the
password prompt
appear?
When users connect
as root, factory, or
admin.
When users connect
as root, factory, or
admin.
When users connect
as root, factory, or
admin, the accounts
with default
password are
prompted for
change. The
accounts with
non-default
password are not be
prompted.
When users connect as
root, factory, or admin,
the accounts with default
password are prompted
for change. The accounts
with non-default
password are not be
prompted.
Is a user forced to
answer password
prompts before
getting access to
the firmware?
No, users can type
in Ctrl+c to get out
of password
prompting.
No, users can type in
Ctrl+c to get out of
password prompting.
No, users can type
in Ctrl+c to get out of
password
prompting.
No, users can type in
Ctrl+c to get out of
password prompting.
Do users need to
know the old root
password when
answering
prompting?
No No Yes in v4.0.0
*No in v4.0.2 only
No
Are new
passwords forced
to be set to
something
different than the
old passwords?
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Is password
prompting
disabled when
security mode is
enabled?
Yes Yes Yes Yes