HP StorageWorks8/24 SAN Switch
Start the console session.
Plug in serial cable to device from PC COM1 port
Open PuTTY and select "Serial" connection type, leave baud rate (Speed) and other settings as default.
Plug power into device and if a power button exists, turn it on.
Access the commandline.
Press the Esc key during the countdown to stop autoboot:
Hit ESC to stop autoboot: 0
Type 3 to "Enter command shell.":
1) Start system. 2) Recover password. 3) Enter command shell. Option? 3 Boot PROM password has not been set.
Boot into single user mode.
Type the setenv command on the OSLoadOptions parameter with the value single at the => prompt:
=> setenv OSLoadOptions single
Type the printenv command and note the OSRootPartition values for step 4:
=> printenv AutoLoad=yes BootromVerbose=no InitTest=MEM() LoadIdentifiers=Fabric Operating System;Fabric Operating System OSLoadOptions=single OSLoader=ATA()0x181a98;ATA()0xa4057 OSRootPartition=hda2;hda1
Type the boot command:
=> boot Map file at LBA sector 0x181a98 ## Booting image at 00400000 ... Image Name: Linux-2.6.14.2 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Multi-File Image (uncompressed)
Reset passwords to default and reboot.
Remount the / partition as read/write:
INIT: version 2.78 booting sh-2.04# mount -o remount,rw,noatime / EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal
Mount the second partition to /mnt obtained from the value of OSRootPartition variable in the printenv output from step 3.
sh-2.04# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt
Verify the mounted file systems by running the mount command:
sh-2.04# mount /dev/root on / type unknown (rw,noatime) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=620) none on /tmp type ramfs (rw) /dev/hda1 on /mnt type ext3 (rw,noatime) /dev/hda2 on /mnt type ext3 (rw)
Type the passwddefault command including the full folder path to it:
sh-2.04# /sbin/passwddefault passwdCfg: fabosInit failed with -1 All account passwords have been successfully set to factory default.
Type the reboot command:
sh-2.04# reboot -f Restarting system.
Log in with default credentials
Type admin for the login username and password for the password:
EPSANSWA02 console login: admin Password: password ----------------------------------------------------------------- SNMP Research EMANATE/Lite Agent Version 16.2.0.9 Copyright 1989-2006 SNMP Research, Inc. Please change passwords for switch default accounts now. Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed.
Either press Ctrl C to bypass setting passwords, or after pressing Enter just keep pressing Enter for each of the prompts to not change the default passwords:
Password was not changed. Will prompt again at next login until password is changed.
Erase the configuration and reboot.
Type the version and licenseshow commands for your records:
EPSANSWA02:admin> version Kernel: 2.6.14.2 Fabric OS: v6.2.2f Made on: Thu Dec 15 05:13:05 2011 Flash: Fri Jul 5 11:42:17 2013 BootProm: 1.0.6 EPSANSWA02:admin> licenseshow SyeS9yyzdyTFfTAB: First Ports on Demand license - additional 8 port upgrade license 7YX4FTXHXHWAWfJGCHWWA3ZKQEZETRJHBSJWA: Fabric license Enhanced Group Management license 8 Gig FC license
Type the following commands in sequence:
EPSANSWA02:admin> cfgdisable EPSANSWA02:admin> cfgclear EPSANSWA02:admin> cfgsave EPSANSWA02:admin> switchdisable EPSANSWA02:admin> configdefault Executing configdefault...Please wait Already in Native Mode Continuing with Config Default Committing configuration ... done. EPSANSWA02:admin> switchenable EPSANSWA02:admin> reboot Broadcast message from root (ttyS0) Wed Oct 13 09:46:43 2021... The system is going down for reboot NOW !! INIT: Switching to runlevel: 6 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal EPSANSWA02:admin> chassis:0-lfm: Image-incomplete event ##exiting due to signal: 19, pending signals: 0x0, 0x0 Stopping diagnostics Unmounting all filesystems. Please stand by while rebooting the system... Restarting system.
Copy all the output from the session into your records.
Right-click PuTTY's titlebar, from that dropdown menu click on "Copy All to Clipboard"
Open the file of record certifying the deconfiguration of this device and use CTRL V to paste all the output from PuTTY into that file. Formatting the text with a fixed-width font helps it look more readable.
End the session.
Close PuTTy.