Taking Over A Read-Write Session; Erasing The System Database - 3Com 3C63400-3AC-C - PathBuilder S700 Switch Reference Manual

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The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen:
Enter New Password:
4 Enter the new password. The password appears as asterisks on the screen as you
enter it.
CAUTION: Be sure to record your new password and keep the record in a safe
place. If you forget your password and have no record of it, you can contact 3Com
for assistance, but we may need to delete your database in order to solve the
problem.
The following prompt appears:
Re-enter New Password:
5 Re-enter the password you entered in step 4.
A message appears, indicating that the password has been saved.
6 Select [4] Previous Menu to return to the Super User Privilege menu.

Taking over a Read-Write Session

The PathBuilder S700 allows only one read-write session at a time. If you have
super user privileges, however, you can take over a read-write session without
logging off. When you take over a read-write session, the previous read-write
session is forced to a read-only session.
To take over a read-write session, follow these steps:
1 From the Super User Privilege menu, shown earlier in Figure 43 select [2] Take
Over Read-Write Session.
The following prompt appears:
Do you want to take over read-write session (Y/N) [N]?
2 Enter y to take over the read-write session.
The following message appears:
The current session has been changed to Read-Write!
Press any key to return.
3 Press any key to resume your session in read-write mode.

Erasing the System Database

In certain situations—if anomalous behavior on the part of the S700 makes you
suspect that the database has been corrupted, or if you have moved a unit from a
different location, for example—you may want to consider erasing the system
database and starting from scratch. You must have super user privileges in order
to erase the system database.
To erase the system database, follow these steps:
CAUTION: Before you erase the system database, make a record of all
configuration settings; these settings will be lost when you erase the database.
Also keep in mind that erasing the database is an action that cannot be undone.
Perform the following procedure only if you are sure that erasing the database is
your best course of action.