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

Secure Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 4-11

Publication Number: 53-1000244-01

3. Type the new non-FCS admin password at the prompt. The password can be anywhere from 8 to 40

alphanumeric characters in length.

This password becomes the admin password for all non-FCS switches in the fabric.

4. Reenter the new non-FCS admin password at the prompt.

The password is distributed to all switches in the fabric and saved in the Secure Fabric OS

database. Any existing admin-level telnet connections to these non-FCS switches are terminated.

Using Temporary Passwords

Create temporary passwords for default accounts to grant temporary access to a specific switch and

passwords also remain in effect. Temporary passwords can be removed; they are also automatically

removed after a switch reboot.

Creating a Temporary Password for a Switch

Use the secTempPasswdSet command to create a temporary password. You must specify a login

account and a switch domain ID.

To create a temporary admin password on a non-FCS switch

1. From a sectelnet or SSH session, log in to the primary FCS switch as admin.

2. Type secTempPasswdSet domain, “login_name”.

domain is the domain ID of the switch for which you want to set a temporary password.

login_name is the login account for which you want to set the temporary password.

3. Type the admin password at the prompt.

Type an alphanumeric password between 8 and 40 characters in length.

primaryfcs:admin> secnonfcspasswd

Non FCS switch password:

Re-enter new password:

Committing configuration...done.

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If a temporary password is set on a backup FCS switch, and the backup FCS switch then becomes the

primary FCS switch, the temporary password remains in effect on that switch until the

secTempPasswdReset command is entered.