Resetting The Switch Password - Brocade Communications Systems WFT-2D User Manual

6. Enter the current password in the Current Password field.
7.
8. Click OK.

Resetting the switch password

To reset the switch password, complete the following steps.
1. Select Configure > Switch Password.
2. Select the switches for which you want to reset the password from the Available Switches
3. Click the right arrow to move the selected switches to the Selected Switches table.
4. Click Fetch User.
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Change Password dialog box
Enter the new password in the New Password and Confirm Password fields.
NOTE
Passwords must be from 8 through 40 characters long and cannot contain a colon (:).
The Change Password Summary dialog box displays.
NOTE
If the password change is sucessful for the "admin" (account used for discovery), the password
is updated in the database.
The Manage Switch Password dialog box is displayed (as shown in
table.
NOTE
You cannot change the switch password for unmanaged switches.
NOTE
You cannot reset the password for root and factory users.
If you select an unmanaged switch, an error messages displays.
Click OK to close the error message.
Th Filter field in the Results table of the Manage Switch Password dialog box supports text,
regular expressions, multiple values delimited with commas, and wildcards.
The users for the selected switches are listed in the Results table.
Switch password management
Figure 206).
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