Let me answer my own post from over a year ago. :)))) So I've encountered potentially the same 3 switches again- we had to use something else last time. Since then, we successfully rooted an M5424- So I dug in a bit- maybe 40 mintues deep. And am laughing out loud now. I read 3-4 reset procedures- all lengthy, "fun" looking procedures- involving changing boot variables, etc. Then I put 2 and 2 together, and here is 4- I've taken the useful info from a few of these and wrote a very simple procedure to reset the switches- this works on the M4424 and I believe it would be good for the M5424, and many other brocade switches. -You do need the eProm password to work, it turns out most everybody sets it to password if it is even enabled. You can clear this by opening the switch and pressing the two buttons in the corner individually. M4424 Reset without root access: Connect to switch console- reboot switch Press ESC when prompted to enter boot menu Select option 3. The password is commonly set to password but it is blank by default. Run printenv to view environmental variables needed for commands below. --I separated the useful bits, we only need osloader and rootpartition info. AutoLoad=yes ENET_MAC=00051EA3E8E5 InitTest=MEM() LoadIdentifiers=Fabric Operating System;Fabric Operating System OSLoadOptions=quiet;quiet OSLoader=ATA()0x5d040;ATA()0x3c890 OSRootPartition=hda2;hda1 SkipWatchdog=yes boot ATA()0x5d040 -s        <-- OSLoader= *string* make sure the -s switch is there, or it boots norm mount -o remount,rw,noatime /     <-- needs to be mounted in RW! mount /dev/hda1 /mnt        <-- mount SECOND listed OSRootPartition /sbin/passwddefault         <-- Password reset command reboot                                 <-- reboots the switch And wala- switch user data is reset. Now you can access the gui and restore factory defaults like a pro by logging in as root root fibranne If I only had a time machine.
Does anybody know how to clear the root user on a Brocade M4424 switch for the M1000e? I got a hold of Brocade support, but they said I must contact Dell to clear the root user. I've got 3x of the switches, all of which currently have no support contract. I work for a reseller, these switches actually come directly from Dell. Anybody have a reset procedure/reset FW? Any help would be much appreciated- V/r JW
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