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vmware_student
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September 25th, 2010 07:00
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?
vmware_student
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Posted 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.
vmware_student
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Posted 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.
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Posted December 14th, 2010 04:00
i hope this help
dynamox
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Posted September 25th, 2010 17:00
also try here
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1285461288465+28353475&threadId=1103635