Disabling hp apm passwords, Changing hp apm passwords, Resetting factory settings for hp apm – HP ProLiant SL2500 Scalable System User Manual
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When entering a password in this manner, you must include quotation marks around the password being set.
This form of command is useful for scripted setup.
Disabling HP APM passwords
To disable the password, enter DISABLE PASSWORD.
This command disables the password protection feature. If the password is disabled, all network interfaces
are also disabled.
Changing HP APM passwords
To change the password of the current user, enter SET PASSWORD "<newpassword>". This command
changes the password of the current user to "<newpassword>".
To change the password of a specific user, enter SET PASSWORD ACCOUNT "<user>"
"<newpassword>". This command changes the password of the "<user>" to a "<newpassword>".
NOTE:
Only the Administrator can add or remove an account. You can change your own
password, but only the Administrator can change another user's password.
Resetting factory settings for HP APM
To restore the HP APM to its factory default settings, enter RESET FACTORY.
This command restores HP APM to factory settings, including no password and Ethernet access, and then
performs a reboot.
WARNING:
When you enter RESET FACTORY, HP APM erases your entire configuration.
Before resetting factory defaults, consider saving your configuration. For more information on
duplicating your configuration, see "Duplicating the configuration (on page
)".
NOTE:
This command can only be run from the serial console.
Working with accounts
HP APM supports 11 login accounts (including the built-in Administrator account) on a single HP APM board.
The account username must be between 2 to 32 characters. Valid characters are uppercase letters,
lowercase letters, numbers (0-9), underscores (_) and dashes (-).
Adding an account
To add an account, enter ADD ACCOUNT. For example, enter
myslapm> add account "MyLogin123"
Password must be at least 8 characters
Note: password will not show.
Enter account "MyLogin123" password:
Enter account "MyLogin123" password (again):
Saving password..done.