HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12, Administrator'S Manual

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80 Managing user accounts
NOTE: 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, then reenter it when prompted. The password must be
eight alphanumeric characters (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.
How to set the boot PROM password for a Director without a recovery
string
On the SAN Director 2/128 and 4/256 SAN Director, 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 by serial or telnet 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 ” How to connect via the serial port ”
on page 24.
4. SAN Director 2/128 and 4/256 SAN Director : 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...” displays.
The following options are available:
6. Enter 3 .
7. Enter the
passwd
command at the shell prompt.
NOTE: The
passwd
command only applies to the boot PROM password when it is entered from the boot
interface.
8. Enter the boot PROM password at the prompt; then reenter it when prompted. The password must be
eight alphanumeric characters (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 by serial or telnet and enter the
haEnable
command to restore high
availability; 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.
Option Description
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.