Changing The Default Passwords At Login - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual

For the Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 (configured with two domains), each logical switch
has its own set of default access accounts. The default account names and passwords are the same for
both of the logical switches.
You can also create up to 15 additional accounts per logical switch and designate their roles as either
admin, switchAdmin, or user. See the procedures for doing so in
accounts" on page 43.
For large enterprises, Fabric OS supports RADIUS services, as described in
service" on page 45.
In addition to the account access passwords, each switch can set a boot PROM password. For greater
security, HP recommends that you set this password to protect system boot parameters from unauthorized
access. See "Setting the boot PROM
Each of the default access accounts has an associated password. The first time you connect to a
Fabric OS switch, you are prompted to change these default account passwords.
If you do not change the default passwords, you are prompted to do so at each subsequent login until all
system passwords have been changed from their default values. Thereafter, use the passwd command to
change passwords.
For more background information on passwords, see

Changing the default passwords at login

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
The default password for all default accounts is password.
2. At each of the Enter new password prompts, either enter a new password or skip the prompt.
You can skip a prompt by pressing Enter. You can bypass all further prompts by pressing Ctrl-c.
Although the root and factory accounts are not meant for general use, change their passwords if
prompted to do so, and save the passwords in case they are needed for recovery purposes.
You cannot reuse the default passwords.
password" on page 67.
"Changing an account
"Creating and maintaining user-defined
"Setting up RADIUS AAA
password" on page 45.
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