Password Migration During Firmware Changes; Password Recovery Options; Password Migration Behavior During Firmware Upgrade/Downgrade - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Password migration during firmware changes

Table 105 describes the expected outcome of password settings when upgrading or downgrading
firmware for various Fabric OS versions.
Table 105

Password migration behavior during firmware upgrade/downgrade

Topic
Passwords used when upgrading to a
newer firmware release for the first time.
Passwords preserved during subsequent
firmware upgrades
Passwords used if downgrading to an
earlier firmware for the first time
When downgrading to an earlier
firmware at subsequent times, which
passwords will be used?
When downgrading and then upgrading
again, what passwords will be used?

Password recovery options

Table 106 describes the options available when one or more types of passwords are lost.
Table 106 Password recovery options
Topic
If all the passwords are forgotten,
what is the password recovery
mechanism? Are these procedures
non-disruptive recovery
procedures?
If a user has only the root
password, what is the password
recovery mechanism?
How to recover boot PROM
password?
How do I recover a user, admin, or
factory password?
4.4.0 to 5.0.1
Default accounts and passwords
are preserved.
Multi-user accounts created
during a previous upgrade to
5.0 are restored. For example,
upgrading from 4.4.0 to 5.0.0
creates multi-user accounts. The
same applies to downgrading to
4.4.0, and then upgrading to
5.0.0.
Downgrades to 4.4.0 preserve
all existing default accounts,
multi-user accounts and
passwords. Multi-user accounts
with the switchAdmin role have
the same permissions as the user
role.
Downgrades to 4.4.0 preserve
all existing default accounts,
multi-user accounts and
passwords. Multi-user accounts
with the switchAdmin role have
the same permissions as the user
role.
All default and multi-user
accounts and passwords remain
unchanged.
4.0.0
Contact HP. A non-disruptive
procedure is available only on
chassis systems.
Root can change any
password by using the
passwd command.
n/a
Contact HP. See "Recovering forgotten
more information.
5.0.1 and later
Default accounts and passwords
are preserved.
Multi-user accounts created
during a previous upgrade to
5.1.0 are restored.
Downgrades to 5.0.1 preserve
all existing default accounts,
multi-user accounts and
passwords.
Downgrades to 5.0.1 preserve
all existing default accounts,
multi-user accounts and
passwords.
All default and multi-user
accounts and passwords remain
unchanged.
4.1.0 and later
Contact HP. A non-disruptive
procedure is available only on
chassis systems.
Use passwd command to set other
passwords.
Use passwdDefault command
to set all passwords to default.
Contact HP and provide the
recovery string. See "The boot
PROM password" on page 78 for
more information.
passwords" on page 82 for
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