Recovering From A Lost Password; Configuring Ip Addresses - Brocade Communications Systems FWS648G-POE Hardware Installation Manual

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Configuring IP addresses

2. Access the CONFIG level of the CLI by entering the following command.
3. Enter the following command to set the super-user password.
4. Enter the following commands to set the port configuration and read-only passwords.
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.
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
4. Enter no password at the prompt. (You cannot abbreviate this command.)
5. Enter boot system flash primary at the prompt. This command causes the device to bypass the
After the console prompt reappears, assign a new password.
Configuring IP addresses
You must configure at least one IP address using the serial connection to the CLI before you can
manage the system using the other management interfaces.
Brocade devices support both classical IP network masks (Class A, B, and C subnet masks, and so
on) and Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) network prefix masks:
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FWSSwitch# configure terminal
FWSSwitch(config)#
FWSSwitch(config)# enable super-user-password <text>
NOTE
You must set the super-user password before you can set other types of passwords.
FWSSwitch(config)# enable port-config-password <text>
FWSSwitch(config)# enable read-only-password <text>
monitor mode.
system password check.
"Recovering from a lost password"
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