Assigning Passwords; Recovering From A Lost Password - Brocade Communications Systems ICX 6430 Hardware Installation Manual

You can set the following levels of Enable passwords:
• Super User - Allows complete read-and-write access to the system. This is generally for system administrators and is the only
password level that allows you to configure passwords.
NOTE
You must set a Super User password before you can set other types of passwords.
• Port Configuration - Allows read-and-write access for specific ports but not for global (system-wide) parameters.
• Read-Only - Allows access to the Privileged EXEC mode and CONFIG mode but only with read access.

Assigning passwords

Complete the following steps to set passwords.
NOTE
Depending on the device you purchased, and the code (Layer 2 or Layer 3) loaded on your system, the router prompt is
displayed accordingly. For example, for an ICX 6450-48P device running Layer 3 code on the device, the router prompt
displays ICX6450-48P Router> at the CLI level.
1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter the following command to change to the Privileged EXEC mode:
device> enable
2. Access the config mode of the CLI by entering the following command:
device# configure terminal
3. Enter the following command to set the Super User password:
device(config)# enable super-user-password joe
NOTE
You must set the Super User password before you can set other types of passwords.
4. Enter the following commands to set the port configuration and read-only passwords:
device(config)# enable port-config-password john
device(config)# enable read-only-password sam
NOTE
If you forget your Super User password, refer to the
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 a password has been configured 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.
1. Start a CLI session over the serial interface to the Brocade device.
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