Recovering from a lost password, User’s guide – Dell Managed PDU LED User Manual
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Recovering from a Lost Password
You can use a local computer (a computer that connects to the Rack PDU or other
device through the serial port) to access the command line interface.
1. Select a serial port at the local computer, and disable any service that uses that
port.
2. Connect the provided serial cable to the selected port on the computer and to
the Serial port at the Rack PDU.
3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal
®
) and configure the selected
port for 9600 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control.
4. Press
E
NTER
, repeatedly if necessary, to display the
User Name
prompt. If you
are unable to display the
User Name
prompt, verify the following:
– The serial port is not in use by another application.
– The terminal settings are correct as specified in step 3.
– The correct cable is being used as specified in step 2.
5. Press the
Reset
button. The Status LED will flash alternately orange and green.
Press the
Reset
button a second time immediately while the LED is flashing to
reset the user name and password to their defaults temporarily.
6. Press
E
NTER
,
repeatedly if necessary, to display the
User Name
prompt again,
then use,
dell,
for the user name and password. (If you take longer than 30
seconds to log on after the
User Name
prompt is redisplayed, you must repeat
step 5 and log on again.)
7. At the command line interface, use the following commands to change the
User
Name
and
Password
settings, both of which are now
dell
:
user -an yourAdministratorName
user -ap yourAdministratorPassword
For example, to change the Administrator user name to
Don Adams
, type:
user -an Don Adams