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 ApplianceArticle Properties
Article Number: 000188937
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2025
Version: 6
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