Brocade Secure Fabric OS Administrator's Guide (53-1000244-01, November 2006)

Secure Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 3-7
Publication Number: 53-1000244-01
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7. Skip this step if you used the --quickmode or --currentpwd options; otherwise, type the following
passwords at the prompts, using passwords that are different from the default values and contain
between 8 and 40 alphanumeric characters:
• Root password for the FCS switch
• Factory password for the FCS switch
• Admin password for the FCS switch
• User password for the fabric
• Admin password for the non-FCS switches
For example, to enter passwords after enabling secure mode:
All passwords are saved. The command distributes the new FCS policy and passwords to all
switches in the fabric, activates the local zoning configurations, and fastboots all Fabric OS v2.6.2
switches in the fabric.
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The root and factory accounts are disabled on the non-FCS switches. If either of these
logins is attempted on a non-FCS switch, an error message is displayed.
Changing password for root
New FCS switch root password:
Re-type new password:
Changing password for factory
New FCS switch factory password:
Re-type new password:
Changing password for admin
New FCS switch admin password:
Re-type new password:
Changing password for user
New fabric wide user password:
Re-type new password:
Changing password for admin
New Non FCS switch admin password:
Re-type new password:
Enabling secure mode, this may take several minutes, please wait...
Broadcast message from root Mon Nov 7 19:22:58 2005...
Security Policy, Password or Account Attribute Change: root factory admin user
will be logged out
Connection to 10.32.157.26 closed.
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Record the passwords and store them in a secure place. Recovering passwords might
require significant effort and result in fabric downtime.