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Recovering the Administrator Password

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Recovering the Administrator Password
You can access the switch if you forget the administrator password by following the directions in
Table
Symptom
Table 2-8 Recovering Administrator Password
Problem
You forgot the administrator password for
accessing a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch.
If you can access Device Manager, recover the administrator password by following these steps:
Create a text file on the TFTP server containing the desired user name and password:
Step 1
"username admin password 0 admin123"
Click Admin > Copy Configuration to copy the file from the TFTP server to the running configuration
Step 2
on the switch.
Note
Click Device > Command Line Interface to log into the switch and verify the new password.
Step 3
Click Admin > Save Configuration to save the running configuration to the startup configuration.
Step 4

Miscellaneous Software Image Issues

This section includes software image issues reported by the relevant release notes and includes the
following topics:
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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2-8.
You forgot the administrator password for accessing a switch.
Solution
You can recover the password using a local console connection. For the
latest instructions on password recovery, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000
CLI Family Configuration Guide at the following website:
http://cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_installation_and_conf
iguration_guides_list.html
The clear text password "admin123" will be copied over the existing password and encrypted in
the running configuration.
All Ports Down Because of System Health Failure, page 2-33
Switch Reboots after FCIP Reload, page 2-33
FCIP Link Fails to Come Up, page 2-33
Cannot Create, Modify, or Delete Admin Role, page 2-34
FC IDs Change after Link Reset, page 2-34
Switch Displays Wrong User, page 2-34
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