Reference Guide

48 Using the CLI
NOTE: When creating a user name, the default priority is 1, which provides access
but not configuration rights. A priority of 15 must be set to enable access and
configuration rights to the device. Although user names can be assigned privilege
level 15 without a password, it is recommended to always assign a password. If
there is no specified password, privileged users can access the Web interface with
any password.
NOTE: Passwords can be secured by using password management commands to
force aging out of passwords, or expiration of passwords. For more information, see
Management Security .
Password Recovery
The system is delivered with a default username/password (root/calvin). If a
user-defined password is lost, there are several password recovery procedures
that can be invoked. These procedures are applicable for the local terminal
only and enable a single access to the device from the local terminal with no
password entered.
The retention of the device user configuration after password recovery can be
enabled/disabled through the CLI command: service password-
recovery.
This affects password recovery in the following way:
• Enabled (default): When the password-recovery mechanism is invoked,
one-time access to the device without a password is enabled and all
configuration and user files are retained.
•
Disabled: When the password-recovery mechanism is invoked, one-time
access to the device without a password is stilled enabled, however all
configuration files (startup and backups) are removed and the following
log message is generated to the terminal after boot process completed: “All
configuration and user files were removed”
Through the CMC
To perform password recovery through the CMC perform the following:
1
Login to the CMC console CLI.
2 Execute command racadm racresetcfg -m switch-1
The switch is now restored to the default configuration using default settings
on the next boot.