EVA4400 HSV300-S Swtich/Controller

[benharbour]

How do you reset lost root or admin password on HSV300-S SAN Controller/Switch?

[benharbour · Accepted solution]

Found the answer, maybe someone will be able to use this:

How to reset EVA switch/controller passwords to factory default
1. hit escape during reboot
2. choose option: 3
3. printenv
4. boot ATA()0x77588 -s   (Choose first option under OSLoader from the printenv cmd)
5. mount -o remount,rw,noatime /
6. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
Choose second partition under OSRootPartition from the printenv cmd
7. /usr/bin/passwddefault
8.  Reboot

[PDP-Fan]

Just tried the procedure and found an error....

You wrote: 7. /usr/bin/passwddefault (file not found)
Correct is: 7. /sbin/passwddefault (tried it and it its working)

Greetings