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Password recovery
You can change the password of "Administrator" to the initial password and show the initial
password on the monitor by using the EM serial console. Use this function only when you forget the
password of "Administrator."
Check
 Password recovery cannot be operated on the EM console. Use the EM serial
console.
 Password recovery should be done on the active EM card.
1. Confirm that the EM card is powered on.
2. Confirm that the EM card is connected to the EM serial console. For information on how to
connect to the EM serial console, refer to "Connecting cables."
3. Press the RESET switch of the EM card for 5 or more seconds by using a metal object that is
1.0 mm in diameter and 30mm in length (you can use a paper clip as a substitute). Insert the
metal object slowly into the hole of the RESET switch, which is located on the front of the EM
card, and keep pushing it for more than 5 seconds.
Important
When two EM cards are installed, log in within two minutes after pressing the
RESET switch. If more than two minutes elapse, the active EM card and standby
EM card are automatically swapped. For details on such as active EM card, refer to
"EM card" on page 123.
4. Confirm that the status LED of the EM card is amber, and then stop pressing the RESET
switch.
The status LED of the EM card is green.
5. When the following message is displayed on the monitor of the EM serial console, press the
"L" key on the keyboard of the EM serial console:
NEC SIGMABLADE Enclosure Manager booting...
Lost Password or Flash Recovery requested
Press L for Lost Password Recovery
Press Z for U-Boot console
Press any other key to reset
6. The initial password of "Administrator" is displayed on the monitor of the EM serial console.
Note it.
7. On the login window, enter the initial password of "Administrator", and then log in as
"Administrator."
8. Change the password of "Administrator." For information on how to change the password,
refer to "Initial settings."