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4. Enter the following commands to set the port configuration and read-only passwords:
device(config)# enable port-config-password text
device(config)# enable read-only-password text
NOTE
If you forget your Super User password, refer to Recovering from a lost password on page 44.
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 a password has been configured 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.
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 . (You cannot abbreviate this command.)
After the console prompt reappears, assign a new password.
Configuring IP addresses
You must configure at least one IP address using the serial connection to the CLI before you can manage the system using the other
management interfaces.
Brocade devices support both classical IP network masks (Class A, B, and C subnet masks, and so on) and Classless Interdomain
Routing (CIDR) network prefix masks.
• To enter a classical IP network mask, enter the mask in IP address format. For example, enter "209.157.22.99
255.255.255.0" for an IP address with a Class C subnet mask.
• To enter a prefix number for a network mask, enter a forward slash ( / ) and the number of bits in the mask immediately after the
IP address. For example, enter "209.157.22.99/24" for an IP address that has a network mask with 24 significant ("mask")
bits.
By default, the CLI displays network masks in classical IP address format (for example, 255.255.255.0). You can change the display to
the prefix format. Refer to the
FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide .
Devices running Layer 2 software
Use the following procedure to configure an IP address on a device running Layer 2 software.
1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter enable .
device> enable
Configuring IP addresses
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