Brocade Communications Systems 53-1002599-01 Manual De Usuario

Assigning permanent passwords

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Setting 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 

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.

Use the following procedure to recover from 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.)

After the console prompt reappears, assign a new password.