User`s manual

The System Password
The system password can be set using either the Console or Command Line version of the BitStorm L3S Series
Device Manager. The Switch is shipped without a password. Once you create a password and reboot the Switch,
the password is encrypted and stored in flash. It cannot be overidden, even by EN technical support.
Important: Remember your password!
If you forget it, you must follow the recovery procedure described below
to regain access to the Switch.
Setting or changing the system password using the Command Line
To create or modify your system password, select Command Line from the Console Main Menu. At the
command prompt, type: >set password
Example: >set password
Enter Password diablo
1.
Setting or changing the system password using the Console version
To create or modify your system password,
select System Setup from the Console Main
Menu. This menu appears:
1.
Select Set Password. Enter the system
password as directed on the next screen. This
password controls access to all BitStorm L3S
Series Device Manager versions.
2.
Select Save and Exit.3.
Password recovery procedure
If you have forgotten your password, you must
follow this procedure to regain access to the
Switch. This procedure erases all of your
configuration settings and restores all factory
default settings.
Connect a management terminal to the
Switch's console port.
1.
Restart the Switch using either Warm
Start or Shutdown.
2.
Press Control and P on your keyboard
during the load sequence:
3.
The screen displays a colon ":"4.
Type in Bitstorml3s and press Enter to
display:
:*************
5.
When prompted, enter your new
password twice. You have three tries.
You must enter something in the
password fields. Pressing Enter is not
acceptable.
6.
Password recovery load sequence
> program load complete, entry point: 0x80040000, size: 0x000F6F28
> Self decompressing the image : ##############################[OK]
> BitStorm L3S-T
> System version 1.5
> Copyright (C) 2000 Elastic Networks Inc. Inc, All rights reserved
> Initializing memory pools and file system.................ok.
> Initializing tasks.....................................................ok.
> Init BitStorm L3S-T e0c1e2c3e4c5g6g7m18 HISR:32 LISR:125 tick:10ms ......ok.
> Mounting /etc........................................................ok.
> Mounting /gui........................................................ok.
> Initializing Console.................................................ok.
> Detecting system configuration...............................ok.
> Initializing SNMP...................................................ok.
> Initializing TCP/IP stack RCE:bdefg RTAB...............ok.
> Initializing wall clock..............................................ok.
> Initializing event logging..........................................ok.
> Initializing RIP.......................................................ok.
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