Recovering From A Lost Password; Displaying The Snmp Community String; Disabling Password Encryption - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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Setting passwords
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augmenting. You can specify one of the following:
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specified privilege level to enter. To display a list of the commands at a CLI level, enter "?" at that
level's command prompt.

Recovering from a lost password

Recovery from a lost password requires direct access to the serial port and a system reset.
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You can perform this procedure only from the CLI.
Follow the steps to recover from a lost password.
1. Start a CLI session over the serial interface to the device.
2. Reboot the device.
3. At the initial boot prompt at system startup, enter b to enter the boot monitor mode.
4. Enter no password at the prompt. (You cannot abbreviate this command.) This command will
5. Enter boot system flash primary at the prompt.
6. After the console prompt reappears, assign a new password.

Displaying the SNMP community string

If you want to display the SNMP community string, enter the following commands.
BigIron RX(config)# enable password-display
BigIron RX(config)# show snmp server
The enable password-display command enables display of the community string, but only in the
output of the show snmp server command. Display of the string is still encrypted in the startup
configuration file and running configuration. Enter the command at the global CONFIG level of the
CLI.

Disabling password encryption

When you configure a password, then save the configuration to the Brocade device's flash memory,
the password is also saved to flash as part of the configuration file. By default, the passwords are
encrypted so that the passwords cannot be observed by another user who displays the
configuration file. Even if someone observes the file while it is being transmitted over TFTP, the
password is encrypted.
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tunnel-interface
vrrp-router
indicates the number of the management privilege level you are
<privilege-level>
0 – Super User level (full read-write access)
4 – Port Configuration level
5 – Read Only level
parameter specifies the command you are allowing users with the
<command-string>
cause the device to bypass the system password check.
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