Configure Failsafe-Account - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Command Reference Manual

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ExtremeWare XOS 11.5 supports only the Summit X450 family of switches and the BlackDiamond 8800 series switch.

configure failsafe-account

Configures a name and password for the failsafe account.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or variables.

The failsafe account is always configured.

Usage Guidelines

The failsafe account is the account of last resort to access your switch.

You will be prompted for the failsafe account name, and prompted twice to specify the password for the

account. For example:

BD-10808.1 # configure failsafe-account

enter failsafe user name: blue5green

enter failsafe password:

enter password again:

The failsafe account is immediately saved to NVRAM.

The information that you use to configure the failsafe account cannot be recovered by Extreme Networks. Technical

support cannot retrieve passwords or account names for this account. Protect this information carefully.

To access your switch using the failsafe account, you must be connected to the serial port of the switch.

You cannot access the failsafe account through any other port.

At the switch login prompt, carefully enter the failsafe account name. If you enter an erroneous account

name, you cannot re-enter the correct name.

Once you enter the failsafe account name, you are prompted to enter the password.

Once you successfully log in to the failsafe account, you see the following prompt:

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