PowerFlex 3.x Switch Discovery Fails if "Enable Password" Required to Activate Configure Commands

Summary: Switch discovery fails if "enable" password is required to activate configure commands.

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Symptoms

PowerFlex Manager fails to discover the switch.

Cause

If you change the admin account privilege level to anything other than privilege 15, the admin account may fail to run configuration commands. Running Enable password command changes the admin privilege level to a value less than 15.

Resolution

Admin account privilege should be set to 15. You can undo the above Enable password scenario by running the following commands:
username admin password xxxxxxxx privilege 15
no enable password

Affected Products

PowerFlex rack, PowerFlex Appliance
Article Properties
Article Number: 000188937
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2025
Version:  6
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