Changing Default Login Password Using Web Interface; Changing Default Login Password Using Racadm; Enabling Or Disabling Default Password Warning Message; Enabling Or Disabling Default Password Warning Message Using Web Interface - Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

Changing Default Login Password Using Web Interface

When you log in to the CMC web interface, if the Default Password Warning page is displayed, you can change the password. To do
this:
1. Select the Change Default Password option.
2. In the New Password field, type the new password.
The maximum characters for the password are 20. The characters are masked. The following characters are supported:
• 0-9
• A-Z
• a-z
• Special characters: +, &, ?, >, -, }, |, ., !, (, ', ,, _,[, ", @, #, ), *, ;, $, ], /, §, %, =, <, :, {, I, \
3. In the Confirm Password field, type the password again.
4. Click Continue. The new password is configured and you are logged in to CMC.
NOTE: Continue is enabled only if the passwords provided in the New Password and Confirm Password fields match.
For information about the other fields, see the Online Help.

Changing Default Login Password Using RACADM

To change the password, run the following RACADM command:
racadm config –g cfgUserAdmin –o cfgUserAdminPassword –i <index> <newpassword>
where, <index> is a value from 1 to 16 (indicates the user account) and <newpassword> is the new user–defined password.
For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide
available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message

You can enable or disable the display of the default password warning message. To do this, you must have Configure Users privilege.

Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message Using Web Interface

To enable or disable the display of the default password warning message after logging in to iDRAC:
1. Go to Chassis Controller → User Authentication → Local Users .
The Users page is displayed.
2. In the Default Password Warning section, select Enable, and then click Apply to enable the display of the Default Password
Warning page when you log in to CMC. Else, select Disable.
Alternatively, if this feature is enabled and you do not want to display the warning message for subsequent login operations, on
the Default Password Warning page, select the Do not show this warning again option, and then click Apply.

Enabling or Disabling Warning Message to Change Default Login Password Using RACADM

To enable the display of the warning message to change the default login password using RACADM, use racadm config -g
cfgRacTuning -o cfgRacTuneDefCredentialWarningEnable<0> or <1> object. For more information, see the
Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/
manuals.
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