14.
Connect to the active CP blade by serial or telnet and enter the haEnable command to restore high
availability.
Recovering user, admin, and factory passwords
If you know the root password, you can use this procedure to recover the user, admin, and factory
passwords.
How to recover passwords
1.
Open a CLI connection (serial or telnet) to the switch. If secure mode is enabled, connect to the primary
FCS switch.
2.
Log in as root.
3.
Enter the command for the type of password that was lost:
4.
Enter the requested information at the prompts.
To recover a lost root password, contact HP.
To recover a lost boot PROM password, contact your switch service provider. You must have previously
set a recovery string to recover the boot PROM password.
passwd user
passwd admin
passwd factory
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