4/256 San Director And Dc San Backbone Director (Short Name, Dc Director) - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

4/256 SAN Director and DC SAN Backbone Director (short name, DC Director)

The boot PROM and recovery passwords must be set for each CP blade on the 4/256 SAN Director or DC
Director.
To set the boot PROM password for a Director with a recovery string:
1. Connect to the serial port interface on the standby CP blade.
2. Connect to the active CP blade by serial or Telnet and enter the haDisable command to prevent
failover during the remaining steps.
3. Reboot the standby CP blade by sliding the On/Off switch on the ejector handle of the standby CP
blade to Off, and then back to On.
4. Press ESC within four seconds after the message "Press escape within 4 seconds..." displays.
The following options are available:
Option
1 Start system.
2 Recovery password.
3 Enter command shell. Provides access to boot parameters.
5. Enter 2.
If no password was previously set, the following message displays:
Recovery password is NOT set. Please set it now.
If a password was previously set, the following messages display:
Send the following string to Customer Support for password recovery:
afHTpyLsDo1Pz0Pk5GzhIw==
Enter the supplied recovery password.
Recovery Password:
6. Enter the recovery password (string).
The recovery string must be between 8 and 40 alphanumeric characters. A random string that is 15
characters or longer is recommended for higher security. The firmware only prompts for this password
once. It is not necessary to remember the recovery string because it is displayed the next time you enter
the command shell.
The following prompt displays:
New password:
7. Enter the boot PROM password, then re-enter it when prompted. The password must be eight
alphanumeric characters (any additional characters are not recorded). Record this password for future
use.
The new password is automatically saved (the saveEnv command is not required).
8. Connect to the active CP blade using serial or Telnet and enter the haEnable command to restore
High Availability; then fail over the active CP blade by entering the haFailover command.
Traffic flow through the active CP blade resumes when the failover is complete.
9. Connect the serial cable to the serial port on the new standby CP blade (previously the active
CP blade).
10. Repeat step 2
password).
1 1. Connect to the active CP blade by serial or Telnet and enter the haEnable command to restore High
Availability.
Description
Continues the system boot process.
Lets you set the recovery string and the boot PROM password.
through step 7 for the new standby CP blade (each CP blade has a separate boot PROM
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