HP Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class User Manual
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6.
Enter the boot PROM password and then reenter it when prompted. The password must be 8
alphanumeric characters (any additional characters are not recorded). Record this password for
future use.
The new password is automatically saved (the
saveenv
command is not required).
7.
Reboot the switch.
For the Core Switch 2/64 and the SAN Director 2/128, the boot PROM and recovery passwords must be
set for each CP card on those switches:
1.
Connect to the serial port interface on the standby CP card, as described in ”
2.
Connect to the active CP card by serial or telnet and enter the
hadisable
command to prevent
failover during the remaining steps.
3.
For the Core Switch 2/64, reboot the standby CP card by pressing the yellow ejector buttons at top
and bottom of the CP card and then pressing both ejector handles back towards the switch to lock the
card back into the slot.
For the SAN Director 2/128, reboot the standby CP card by sliding the On/Off switch on the ejector
handle of the standby CP card to Off, and then back to On.
4.
Press ESC within four seconds after the message
Press escape within 4 seconds
appears.
The following options are available:
5.
Enter
2
.
If no password was previously set, the following message appears:
Recovery password is NOT set. Please set it now.
If a password was previously set, the following messages appear:
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 between 8 and 40 alphanumeric characters. HP recommends a random
string that is 15 characters or longer for higher security. The firmware prompts for this password only
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 appears:
New password:
7.
Enter the boot PROM password and then reenter it when prompted. The password must be 8
alphanumeric characters (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 card by serial or telnet and enter the
haenable
command to restore HA,
and then fail over the active CP card by entering the
hafailover
command.
Traffic flow through the active CP card resumes when the failover is complete.
• 1 Start system
Continues the system boot process
• 2 Recovery password
Lets you set the recovery string and the boot PROM password
• 3 Enter command shell
Provides access to boot parameters