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Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide

Updating passwords for nodes

You can update the passwords for one or more nodes from PowerFlex Manager.

Steps

  1. Log in to PowerFlex Manager.
  2. On the menu bar, click Resources.
  3. On the All Resources tab, select one or more nodes for which you want to change the passwords.
  4. Click Update Password.
    PowerFlex Manager displays the Update Password wizard.
  5. On the Select Components page, specify which passwords you want to update for the selected nodes by clicking one or more of the following check boxes.
    • iDRAC Password
    • Node Operating System Password
    • SVM Operating System Password
  6. Click Next.
  7. On the Select Credentials page, create a credential with a new password or change to a different credential.
    1. Open the iDRAC (n) object under the Type column to see details about each node you selected on the Resources page.
    2. To create a credential that has the new password, click the plus sign (+) under the Credentials column.

      Specify the Credential Name and the User Name for which you want to change the password. Enter the new password in the Password and Confirm Password fields.

    3. To modify the credential, click the pencil icon for the nodes under the Credentials column and select a different credential.
    4. Click Save.

    You must perform the same steps for the node operating system and SVM operating system password changes. For a node operating system credential, only the OS Admin credential type is updated.

  8. Click Finish.
  9. Click Yes to confirm.

Results

PowerFlex Manager starts a new job for the password update operation, and a separate job for the device inventory. The node operating system and SVM operating components are updated only if PowerFlex Manager is managing a cluster with the operating system and SVM. If PowerFlex Manager is not managing a cluster with these components, these components are not displayed and their credentials are not updated. Credential updates for iDRAC are allowed for managed and reserved nodes only. Unmanaged nodes do not provide the option to update credentials.

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