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Brocade FastIron Edge X-Series Hardware Installation Guide
Part Number: 53-1002499-02
Connecting Network Devices and Checking Connectivity
Assigning permanent passwords
NOTE
You must set a super user password before you can set other types of passwords.
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Port Configuration – Allows read-and-write access for specific ports but not for global (system-wide) parameters.
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Read Only – Allows access to the Privileged EXEC mode and CONFIG mode but only with read access.
Complete the following steps to set passwords.
1.
At the opening CLI prompt, enter the following command to change to the Privileged level of the EXEC mode.
Brocade> enable
2.
Access the CONFIG level of the CLI by entering the following command.
Brocade
# configure terminal
Brocade(config)
#
3.
Enter the following command to set the super-user password.
Brocade(config)# 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.
Brocade(config)# enable port-config-password <text>
Brocade(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.
Complete the following steps to recover 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.
