C Understanding Legacy Password Behaviour; Password Management Information - HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12 Administrator's Manual

C Understanding legacy password behaviour
The following sections provide password information for early versions of Fabric OS firmware.

Password management information

Table 94 describes the password standards and behaviors between various versions of firmware.
Table 94 Account/password characteristics matrix
Topic
Number of default
accounts on the switch
Default account names
Account name changing
feature
Maximum and minimum
amount of characters for a
password
Can different switch
instances use a different
password for the same
account login level? For
example, the password for
admin for switch 0 can be
different from password for
admin for switch 1.
Does the root account use
restricted shell?
When connecting to a
factory installed switch, do
you use the default
passwords?
v4.0.0 v4.1.0 to v4.2.0
4, chassis based Core Switch 2/64 -
8 for the chassis, 4
per switch
SAN Switch 2/8V,
SAN Switch 2/16V,
SAN Switch 2/32,
SAN Director 2/128
root, factory, root, factory, admin,
admin, user user.
No No, regardless of
security mode.
0 - 8 (Standard 8 - 40 characters
UNIX) with printable ASCII
No Yes for Core Switch
2/64 switch.
n/a for all other
switches.
No No
Yes Yes
v4.4.0 to 5.1.x
Core Switch 2/64 - 8
for the chassis, 4 per
switch
SAN Switch 2/8V,
SAN Switch 2/16V,
SAN Switch 2/32,
SAN Switch 4/32,
SAN Director 2/128
root, factory, admin,
user.
N/A
8 - 40 characters with
printable ASCII
Note: The minimum
password length for
5.1.x is configurable.
Yes for Core Switch
2/64
n/a for all other
switches.
No
Yes
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