Dell PowerEdge M1000e Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide - Page 59

Password modification 2 NOTE The default account passwords can be changed from their original value only when prompted immediately following the login; the passwords cannot be changed using the passwd command later in the session. If you skip the prompt, and then later decide to change the passwords, log out and then back in. The default accounts on the switch are admin, user, root, and factory. Use the default administrative account as shown in Table 2 to log in to the switch for the first time and to perform the basic configuration tasks. There is only one set of default accounts for the entire chassis. The root and factory default accounts are reserved for development and manufacturing. The user account is primarily used for system monitoring. For more information on default accounts, see "Default accounts" on page 88. Table 2 describes the default administrative accounts for switches by model number. TABLE 2 Default administrative account names and passwords Model Administrative account Password Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5410, 5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, admin 5100, 5300, 5424, 7500, 7500E, 7600, 7800, 8000, and VA50-FC switches Brocade 48000 director and Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms admin password password Default account passwords The change default account passwords prompt is a string that starts with Please change your passwords now. User-defined passwords can have 8 to 40 characters. They must begin with an alphabetic character and can include numeric characters, the period (.), and the underscore ( _ ). They are case-sensitive, and they are not displayed when you enter them on the command line. Record the passwords exactly as entered and store them in a secure place because recovering passwords requires significant effort and fabric downtime. Although the root and factory accounts are not meant for general use, change their passwords if prompted to do so and save the passwords in case they are needed for recovery purposes. Changing the default account passwords at login 1. Connect to the switch and log in using the default administrative account. 2. At each of the "Enter new password" prompts, either enter a new password or skip the prompt. To skip a single prompt press Enter. To skip all of the remaining prompts press Ctrl-C. Example output of changing passwords login: admin Password: Please change your passwords now. Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed. for user - root Changing password for root Enter new password: Password changed. Saving password to stable storage. Password saved to stable storage successfully. (output truncated) Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 19 53-1001763-02