PowerFlex 4.x How to Update the PowerFlex Manager password

Update the PowerFlex Manager password

When you first log in to PowerFlex Manager, you need to set your password. You can also change your password at any time after the first login.

Steps

1. Click the user icon in the upper right corner of PowerFlex Manager.
2. Click Change Password.
3. Type the password in the New Password field.
4. Type the password again in the Verify Password field.
5. Click Apply.

Update a credential in PowerFlex Manager

If the password for a resource or component is manually changed outside of PowerFlex Manager, you must update the credential in PowerFlex Manager with the new password.

Prerequisites

To modify the SSH keys of a PowerFlex node, switch, OS, admin OS user, generate SSH keys of RSA type and ensure the key is generated without passphrase. See Related information for more information.

About this task

If you change the password for a resource, you must update all similar resources (for example, element manager, node, switches, or VMware vCenter) to have the same password.

Steps

1. Log in to PowerFlex Manager.
2. On the menu bar, click Settings > Security. Under Security, click Resource Credentials.
3. On the Resource Credentials page, select the resource whose password you want to edit, and click Modify.
4. In the Edit Resource Credentials dialog box, perform the following to import new SSH keys:
   1. Generate the SSH key pairs.
   2. Click Import existing key.
   3. Click Import SSH Key Pair.
   4. Click Choose File and browse to the file that contains your public and private key.
   5. Type a name for the Key Pair Name field.
   6. Click Import.
   7. Click Save.
5. Click Save.
6. On the menu bar, click Lifecycle > Resource Groups and select the deployed service that contains the resource whose password is updated.
7. Under More Actions, click Update Resource Group Details.

Updating passwords for nodes

You can update the passwords for one or more nodes from PowerFlex Manager.

Steps

1. Log in to PowerFlex Manager.
2. On the menu bar, click Resources.
3. On the All Resources tab, select one or more nodes for which you want to change the passwords.
4. Click Update Password.

PowerFlex Manager displays the Update Password wizard.

5. On the Select Components page, specify which passwords you want to update for the selected nodes by clicking one or more of the following check boxes.
   • iDRAC Password
   • Node Operating System Password
   • SVM Operating System Password
6. Click Next.
7. On the Select Credentials page, create a credential with a new password or change to a different credential.

1. Open the iDRAC (n) object under the Type column to see details about each node you selected on the Resources page.
2. To create a credential that has the new password, click the plus sign (+) under the Credentials column.
3. Specify the Credential Name and the User Name for which you want to change the password. Enter the new password in the Password and Confirm Password fields.
4. To modify the credential, click the pencil icon for the nodes under the Credentials column and select a different credential.
5. Click Save.

You must perform the same steps for the node operating system and SVM operating system password changes. For a node operating system credential, only the OS Admin credential type is updated.

1. Click Finish.
2. Click Yes to confirm.

Results

PowerFlex Manager starts a new job for the password update operation, and a separate job for the device inventory. The node operating system and SVM operating components are updated only if PowerFlex Manager is managing a cluster with the

operating system and SVM. If PowerFlex Manager is not managing a cluster with these components, these components are not displayed and their credentials are not updated. Credential updates for iDRAC are allowed for managed and reserved nodes only. Unmanaged nodes do not provide the option to update credentials.

Updating passwords for system components

You can update the passwords for some system components from PowerFlex Manager.

Steps

1. Log in to PowerFlex Manager.
2. On the menu bar, click Resources.
3. On the All Resources tab, select one or more resources of the same type for which you want to change passwords.

For example, you could select one or more iDRAC nodes or you could select one or more PowerFlex gateway components.

4. Click Update Password.

PowerFlex Manager displays the Update Password wizard.

5. On the Select Components page, select one or more components for which you want to update a password and click

Next.

The component choices vary depending on which resource type you initially selected on the Resources page.

6. On the Select Credentials page, create a credential or change to a different credential having the same username.
7. Click Finish and click Yes to confirm the changes.

See Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide