Creating A Temporary Password For A Switch - HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 - SAN Switch User Manual

Managing Secure Fabric OS

Creating a Temporary Password for a Switch

You can create a temporary password using the sectemppasswdset
command. You must specify a login account and a switch Domain ID.
To create a temporary Admin password on a Non-FCS switch:
1. From a sectelnet or SSH session, log into the Primary FCS switch as Admin.
2. Enter the following:
3. Enter the Admin password at the prompt.
4. Enter an alphanumeric password between 8 and 40 characters in length.
5. Re-enter the password exactly as entered the first time.
primaryfcs:admin> sectemppasswdset 2, "admin"
Set remote switch admin password: swimming
Re-enter remote switch admin password: swimming
Committing configuration........done
Password successfully set for domain 2 for admin.
primaryfcs:admin>
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sectemppasswdset domain, login_name
Where:
domain is the Domain ID of the switch for which you want to set a
temporary password.
login_name is the login account for which you want to set the
temporary password.
Example, creating a temporary password for the Admin account on a switch
that has a Domain ID of 2:
Secure Fabric OS Version 1.0 User Guide