7Press <I> to set the speed to 115200.

8Press <Q> to set the data, parity, and stopbits to 8-N-1, then press <Enter>.

9Press <Enter> to exit the Comm Parameters screen.

10Select Exit and press <Enter> again to exit the setup screen.

Reset Password

NOTICE: Failure to stop data I/O to a non-fault-tolerant array before performing the following steps may result in loss of data.

1Stop all I/O to the array.

2From the HyperTerminal (Windows) or MINICOM (Linux) window, press <Ctrl><B>.

3At the SPECIAL OPERATIONS MENU, press <1>, <0>, and <Enter>.

4At the SERIAL INTERFACE MODE MENU, press <1> and <Enter>, then <Q> and <Enter>.

5At the BOOT OPERATIONS MENU, press <R> and <Enter> to restart the controller. Text scrolls across the screen as the controller reboots.

6Once Controller 0 has fully booted (look for sodMain complete in the HyperTerminal or MINICOM window), press <Enter>.

7At the prompt, type clearSYMbolPassword (must use exact case) and press <Enter>.

The return value = 0 = 0x0 indicates that the password has been reset /deleted.

8Close HyperTerminal or MINICOM.

9Remove password reset cable.

10To set a new password, go to the Modular Disk Storage Manager software under the Tools tab and click Set Or Change Password Link.

11Leave the Current Password blank, enter the new password twice, and click OK.

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