Brocade Communications Systems 6720 quick start Assigning permanent passwords

1.Connect the serial cable to the serial port on the switch and to an RS-232 serial port on the workstation or terminal device.

If the serial port on the workstation or terminal device is RJ45 instead of RS-232, remove the adapter on the end of the serial cable and insert the exposed RJ45 connector into the RJ45 serial port on the workstation.

2.Open a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal on a PC, or TERM, TIP, or Kermit in a UNIX environment), and configure the application as follows:

•In a Windows environment, enter the following values: 9600 bits per second, 8 databits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control.

•In a UNIX environment using TIP, enter the following string at the prompt:

tip /dev/ttyb -9600.

If ttyb is already in use, use ttya instead.

Assigning permanent passwords

When you log in for the first time, Brocade recommends that you change the passwords for the default accounts.

The factory-configured default accounts on the switch are admin, user, and root. Use the default administrative account as shown in Table 2 to log in to the switch for the first time and to perform the basic configuration tasks.

The root account is reserved for development and manufacturing. The user account is read-only and used primarily for system monitoring.

TABLE 2 Default administrative account names and passwords

Account type	Login name	Password
Administrative	admin	password
User account (read-only)	user	password

Changing the default account passwords

When you change the default account password after you log in for the first time, only the default password rule is in effect. The rule specifies a minimum password length of eight characters. For advanced user and role management, including setting password rules, refer to the Security chapter of the Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide.

1.Enter the configure terminal command to enter the global configuration mode.

2.Enter the username command followed by the account name and the password parameter.

3.When prompted, enter the new password. and press Enter.

Switch# configure terminal

Entering configuration mode terminal

switch(config)# username admin password

(<WORD>;;User password satisfying password-attributes):********

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