Password Migration During Firmware Changes; Password Migration Behavior During Firmware Upgrade And Downgrade - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual

Table 49 Password prompting matrix (continued)
Issue
Does password prompting
reappear when passwords are
changed back to the defaults
using the passwd command?
Does password prompting
reappear when passwords are
changed back to the defaults
using the passwdDefault
command?

Password migration during firmware changes

Table 50 describes the expected outcome of password settings when upgrading or downgrading firmware
for various Fabric OS versions.
Table 50

Password migration behavior during firmware upgrade and downgrade

Issue
Which passwords are used when
upgrading to a later firmware
release for the first time?
Are passwords preserved during
subsequent firmware upgrades?
Which passwords are used if
downgrading to an earlier firmware
for the first time?
When downgrading to an earlier
firmware at subsequent times,
which passwords are used?
When downgrading and then
upgrading, what passwords are
used?
Version 4.0.0
Yes
Yes
Versions 4.2.0 to 5.0.1
Default accounts and passwords
are preserved.
MUA accounts created during a
previous upgrade to 4.2.0 are
restored.
Downgrades to 4.2.0 preserve
existing default accounts and
restore any disabled default
accounts. The default account
passwords existing immediately
prior to the downgrade are
preserved. MUA accounts are
disabled.
Downgrades to 4.2.0 preserve
existing default accounts and
restore any disabled default
accounts. The default account
passwords existing immediately
prior to the downgrade are
preserved. MUA accounts are
disabled.
Any MUA accounts created during
the original upgrade are restored.
All passwords are unchanged.
Version 4.1.0 and later
No
Yes
Versions 4.4.0 to 5.0.1
Default accounts and
passwords are preserved.
MUA accounts created during
a previous upgrade to 5.0 are
restored.
Downgrades to 4.4.0
preserve all existing default
accounts, MUA accounts, and
passwords. MUA accounts
with the switchAdmin role
have the same permissions as
the user role.
Downgrades to 4.4.0
preserve all existing default
accounts, MUA accounts, and
passwords. MUA accounts
with the switchAdmin role
have the same permissions as
the user role.
All default and MUA accounts
and passwords remain
unchanged.
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