Password recovery using root account If you have access to the root account, you can reset the passwords on the switch to default. This feature is available for all currently supported versions of the Fabric OS. Follow the below steps to reset any account password from the root account. 1. Open a CLI session (serial or telnet for an unsecured system and sectelnet for a secure system) to the switch. 2. Log in as root. 3. At the prompt, enter the passwddefault command as shown below: switch:root> passwddefault 4. Follow the prompts to reset the password for the selected account. For example: switch:root> passwddefault All account passwords have been successfully set to factory default. Once the passwords have been reset, log into the switch as admin, and modify your default passwords. Make sure to keep a hardcopy of your switch passwords in a secure location. The default passwords for Fabric OS switches are: Root fibranne Adminpassword Userpassword Password r