HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual page 468

Table 100 Password recovery options
Topic
If all the passwords are forgotten,
what is the password recovery
mechanism? Are these procedures
non-disruptive recovery
procedures?
If a user has only the root
password, what is the password
recovery mechanism?
How to recover boot PROM
password?
How do I recover a user, admin, or
factory password?
468 Understanding legacy password behavior
4.0.0
Contact HP. A non-disruptive
procedure is available only on
chassis systems.
Root can change any
password by using the
passwd command.
n/a
Contact HP. See "Recovering forgotten
more information.
4.1.0 and later
Contact HP. A non-disruptive
procedure is available only on
chassis systems.
Use passwd command to set other
passwords.
Use passwdDefault command
to set all passwords to default.
Contact HP and provide the
recovery string. See "Boot PROM
password" on page 83 for more
information.
passwords" on page 87 for