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Accessing the Switch

Failsafe Account

The failsafe account is the account of last resort to access your switch. This account is never displayed
by the command, but it is always present on the switch. To configure the account name
show account
and password for the failsafe account, use the following command:
configure failsafe-account
You will be prompted for the failsafe account name and prompted twice to specify the password for the
account. For example:
BD-10808.1 # configure failsafe-account
enter failsafe user name: blue5green
enter failsafe password:
enter password again:
BD-10808.2
The failsafe account is immediately saved to NVRAM.
NOTE
The information that you use to configure the failsafe account cannot be recovered by Extreme Networks. Technical
support cannot retrieve passwords or account names for this account. Protect this information carefully.
To access your switch using the failsafe account, you must connect to the serial port of the switch. You
cannot access the failsafe account through any other port.
At the switch login prompt, carefully enter the failsafe account name. If you enter an erroneous account
name, you cannot re-enter the correct name.
Once you have entered the failsafe account name, you are prompted to enter the password. You will
have three tries to enter the password correctly.
Once you have successfully logged in to the failsafe account, you see the following prompt:
failsafe>
From here, you have the following four command choices:
Login—Use this command to access the switch CLI. You will have full administrator capabilities.
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Reboot—Use this command to reboot the current MSM.
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Help—Use this command to display a short help text.
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Exit—Use this command to exit the failsafe account and return to the login prompt.
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Typically, you use the
Login
failsafe account.
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