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2-4 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-0000518-09
Setting the Default Account Passwords
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You can also create up to 15 additional accounts per logical switch and designate their roles as either
admin, switchAdmin, or user. Refer to the procedures for doing so in “Creating and Maintaining User-
Defined Accounts” on page 3-6.
For large enterprises, Fabric OS supports RADIUS services, as described in “Setting Up RADIUS AAA
Service” on page 3-9.
In addition to the account access passwords, each switch can set a boot PROM password. For greater
security, it is recommended that you set this password to protect system boot parameters from
unauthorized access. Refer to “Setting the Boot PROM Password” on page 3-34.)
Each of the default access accounts has an associated password. The first time you connect to a
Fabric OS switch you are prompted to change these default account passwords.
If you do not change the default passwords, you are prompted to do so at each subsequent login until all
system passwords have been changed from the default values. Thereafter, use the passwd command to
change passwords.
For more background information on passwords, refer to “Changing an Account Password” on
page 3-8.
To change the default passwords at login
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
SilkWorm 3016: The default password for all default accounts is: PASSW0RD (uppercase
characters, and the 0 is the number 0, not the alphabetic character “O.”)
Other models: The default password for all default accounts is: password
2. At each of the “Enter new password” prompts, either enter a new password or skip the prompt.
You can skip a prompt by pressing Enter. You can bypass all further prompts by using Ctrl-c.
Although the root and factory accounts are not meant for general use, you should change their
passwords if prompted to do so and save the passwords in case they are needed for recovery
purposes.
Passwords can be from 8 to 40 characters long. They must begin with an alphabetic character. They
can include numeric characters, the dot (.), and the underscore ( _ ). They are case-sensitive, and
they are not displayed when you enter them on the command line.
You cannot reuse the default passwords.
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Record the passwords exactly as entered and store them in a secure place, because recovering passwords
requires significant effort and fabric downtime.
The initial login prompt accepts a maximum password length of eight characters. Any characters beyond
the eighth character are ignored. Only the default password is subject to the eight character limit. Any
password set by the user can have a length from 8 to 40 characters.