Bootware Password Loss; User Password Loss - HP A6616 Installation Manual

BootWare Password Loss

Contact your local sales agent to set a new password in the event of BootWare password loss.
The BootWare password is modified on the main menu. Select 5 on the main menu to modify
the BootWare password.
The configuration terminal displays:
please input old password:
Enter the old password.
please input old password: ******
If the old password is incorrect, the system will prompt "Wrong password, Please input
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password again:".
You have three chances to enter the correct old BootWare password. If you fail to enter the
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correct password three times in a row, the system will be halted and prompt "Wrong password,
system halt."
After you enter the correct old password, the system prompts you to enter a new password
twice.
Please input new password: ******
Please input new password again: ******
If the system displays the following information, the password is successfully modified.
Password Set Successfully.
The BootWare password you entered is displayed in the form of asterisks.
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The BootWare password can contain up to 32 characters. If you enter more than 32 characters
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to set the BootWare password, the system will automatically use the first 32 characters.

User Password Loss

If you lose your password, you cannot enter the system. In this case, you can boot the system
by ignoring the system configuration. Perform the following operations:
Step1 Enter the main menu, and select 6 to boot the system by ignoring the system configuration.
The system prompts:
Flag Set Success.
The system prompts that the setting succeeds.
Step2 When the main menu appears again, select 0 to reboot the system.
Step3 Set a new password in system view after system reboot.
<HP> system-view
[HP] user-interface console 0
[HP-ui-console0] authentication-mode password
[HP-ui-console0] set authentication password simple 123456
The above information indicates that the password authentication is adopted on the console
interface and the password is set to 123456 and stored in plain text.
Set the password by using the set authentication password { cipher | simple } password
command.
If the cipher keyword is specified, the password is stored in cipher text. You cannot view the
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password by using the display current-configuration command.
If the simple keyword is specified, the password is stored in plain text. You can use the
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display current-configuration command to view the password in the current configuration.