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January 16th, 2013 07:00

can't switch to enable mode

hi

i have just receive a powerconnect 8164F and i m trying to basically configure it

with the setup wizard i have put the ip configuration and the initial privilege user account ( level 15 )

after i have created with the web interface the ssh keys in order to able to connect to the switch.

tight now i can connect to the switch through ssh

but when i enter the command

enable

i got the following message 

ssh root@172.16.8.1
root@172.16.8.1's password:

console>en

Authentication failed.

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September 28th, 2019 02:00

below is more log

DellEMC>terminal monitor
DellEMC>
DellEMC>enable
DellEMC>Sep 28 17:21:34 %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-4-ENABLE_PASSW_NOT_CONFIGURED: Enable password is required for authentication but not configured (by admin from vty0 (10.10.164.206)) - repeated 3 times

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September 28th, 2019 02:00

I have enabled the password with command "username admin password xxxxx' but i access again and can't switch to enable mode

DellEMC>enable
DellEMC>enable
DellEMC>en
DellEMC>en

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