Default Account Passwords; Changing The Default Account Passwords At Login; Default Administrative Account Names And Passwords - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Table 3 describes the default administrative accounts for switches by model number.
Table 3

Default administrative account names and passwords

Model
HP StorageWorks 4/8 and 4/16 SAN Switch, HP
StorageWorks 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switch, Brocade
4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem, HP
StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch, HP StorageWorks
4/64 SAN Switch, HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN
Switch, HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch, HP
StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, and HP
StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router
HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director, HP
StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director, and HP
StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch
enterprise-class platforms

Default account passwords

The change default account passwords prompt is a string that starts with
The default password is a maximum of eight characters. Any characters beyond the eighth character
now.
are ignored. Only the default password is subject to the eight-character limit. User-defined passwords can
have 8 to 40 characters. They must begin with an alphabetic character and can include numeric
characters, the period (.), and the underscore ( _ ). They are case-sensitive, and they are not displayed
when you enter them on the command line.
Record the passwords exactly as entered and store them in a secure place because recovering passwords
requires significant effort and fabric downtime. Although the root and factory accounts are not meant for
general use, change their passwords if prompted to do so and save the passwords in case they are needed
for recovery purposes.

Changing the default account passwords at login

1. Connect to the switch and log in using the default administrative account.
2. At each of the Enter new password prompts, either enter a new password or skip the prompt.
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Administrative Password
account
admin password
admin password
Please change your passwords