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Help with an old EMC DS-16B2
Hello,
I am a college student and I ordered an old EMC DS-16B2 fiber channel switch on ebay. I have two old HP G3 DL380s and I'm studing vmware at home. I wanted to learn more about fiber channel, so I ordered this switch. Once I finally found the right serial cable to bring up the console; I realized that they didn't reset the passwords. So, at the moment I can't log in. I have tried admin / password and root / password. The switch is currently running FabricOS 3.1.3. I found a document on the net talking about having to get a special Password Recovery Firmware from the vendor to reset the passwords. I was hoping someone on the forums had an idea how I can get into this switch?
dynamox
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September 25th, 2010 17:00
also try here
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1285461288465+28353475&threadId=1103635
dynamox
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September 25th, 2010 17:00
try root/admin with these passwords:
vmware_student
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September 27th, 2010 06:00
Thanks for the help,
I tried the user names and passwords you posted and they didn't work. I'm guessing that all of the defaults passwords were changed for security reasons. I also tried the information in the HP forum link you provided and that didn't help. When the switch powers up there is a 4 second time period when I can hit esc. I don't get a menu to boot into a shell prompt. The switch boots directly into a VxWorks Boot prompt. I tried using the passwddefault command, but that was an unknown command. It looks like this VXworks Boot shell is used for updating the firmare, I didn't see any options to change the passwords or reset everything to default options.
dynamox
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September 27th, 2010 09:00
can you contact the re-seller for switch credentials ?
vmware_student
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September 27th, 2010 12:00
I will contact the reseller on eBay and see if they have the passwords to log into the switch. I have a funny feeling that they don't have this information. But its worth a shot. I'll send them an e-mail when I get home from work.
Mabro1
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December 10th, 2010 04:00
I have moved this post to the Infrastructure Connectivity Support Forum. This ensures your post is in the correct community and that the correct audience can see it.
Thanks and regards,
Mark Browne
EMC Support Forums Community Manager
undertaker98
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December 14th, 2010 04:00
i hope this help
http://community.brocade.com/docs/DOC-1644