Reset password – Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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Storage Array

7 Press <I> to set the

speed

to

115200.

8

P

ress <Q> to set the

data

,

parity

, and

stopbits

to

8-N-1

, then

press <Enter>.

9 Press <Enter> to exit the Comm Parameters screen.

10 Select Exit and press <Enter> again to exit the setup screen.

Reset Password

NOTICE:

Failure to stop data I/O to a non-fault-tolerant array before performing the

following steps may result in loss of data.

1 Stop all I/O to the array.
2 From the HyperTerminal (Windows) or MINICOM (Linux) window, press

<Ctrl><B>.

3 At the SPECIAL OPERATIONS MENU, press <1>, <0>, and

<Enter>.

4 At the SERIAL INTERFACE MODE MENU, press <1> and <Enter>,

then <Q> and <Enter>.

5 At the BOOT OPERATIONS MENU, press <R> and <Enter> to

restart the controller. Text scrolls across the screen as the controller
reboots.

6 Once Controller 0 has fully booted (look for

sodMain complete

in the

HyperTerminal or MINICOM window), press <Enter>.

7 At the prompt, type

clearSYMbolPassword

(must use exact case)

and press <Enter>.

The return

value = 0 = 0x0

indicates that the password has been

reset /deleted.

8 Close HyperTerminal or MINICOM.
9 Remove password reset cable.

10 To set a new password, go to the Modular Disk Storage Manager software

under the Tools tab and click Set Or Change Password Link.

11 Leave the Current Password blank, enter the new password twice, and

click OK.

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