Brocade Fabric OS Password recovery

Brocade Fabric OS Password recovery

Advanced users who need only a reminder of the basic steps can use this quick reference to
recover passwords:

1. Press ESC during reboot.
   Reboot the switch / Standby CP by entering the command, and press within four seconds after the message: “Press escape within 4 seconds…” it displays the Boot PROM menu. “Enter Boot PROM interface:”
2. Choose option 3.
   Checking memory address: 00100000
   System RAM test terminated by keyboard
   set_bootstatus: BS_LOAD_OS, platform_idx = 6
   Hit ESC to stop autoboot: 0
3. Start system.
4. Recover password.
5. Enter command shell.
   Option?
   Enter 3 at the prompt to open the command shell.
   Option? 3
6. printenv
   Enter the printEnv command to verify the change:
   => printenv
   AutoLoad=yes
   BootromVerbose=no
   InitTest=MEM()
   LoadIdentifiers=Fabric Operating System;Fabric Operating System
   OSLoadOptions=single
   (output truncated)
7. For 8 Gbps platforms only:
   setenv OSLoadOptions “single”
8. For 8 Gbps platforms only:
   boot

For Non-8 Gbps platforms:
boot ATA()0x77588 -s
Where the argument to the boot command is the first parameter shown for OSLoader in the
printEnv output.

1. mount -o remount,rw,noatime /
2. mount /dev/hda2 /mnt
   For step 7, choose the 2nd parameter shown for OSRootPartition.
3. /etc/init.d/network start
   Step 8 required only for devices with active and standby CPs.
4. /sbin/passwddefault
5. bootenv OSLoadOptions ”quiet;quiet”
6. reboot -f