HP SN6000B FC

  1. Start the console session.

    Plug in serial cable to device from PC COM1 port
    Open PuTTY and select "Serial" connection type, leave baud rate (Speed) and other settings as default.
    Plug power into device and if a power button exists, turn it on.
  2. Access the commandline.
    Press the Esc key during the countdown to stop autoboot:
    System RAM test using Default POST RAM Test succeeded. Press escape within 4 seconds to enter boot interface.
    Type 3 to "Enter command shell.":
    1) Start system. 2) Recover password. 3) Enter command shell. Option? 3 Boot PROM password has not been set.

  3. Boot into single user mode.

    Type the setenv command on the OSLoadOptions parameter with the value single at the =>  prompt:
    > setenv OSLoadOptions "single"
    Type the printenv command and note the OSRootPartition values for step 4:
    > printenv AutoLoad=yes … LoadIdentifiers=Fabric Operating System;Fabric Operating System OSLoadOptions=single … OSRootPartition=hda1;hda2
    Type the boot command:
    => boot Map file at LBA sector 0x39c03f WARNING: adjusting available memory to 30000000 ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 02000000 ... Image Name: Linux-2.6.34.6 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Multi-File Image (gzip compressed)

  4. Reset passwords to default and reboot.

    Remount the / partition as read/write:
    INIT: version 2.78 booting sh-2.04# mount -o remount,rw,noatime / EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
    Mount the second partition to /mnt obtained from the value of OSRootPartition variable in the printenv output from step 3.
    sh-2.04# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
    Type the passwddefault command including the full folder path to it:
    sh-2.04# /sbin/passwddefault All account passwords have been successfully set to factory default. Logging out all the sessions of user
    Type the bootenv OSLoadOptions="quiet/quiet" command to exit single user mode:
    sh-2.04# bootenv OSLoadOptions="quiet/quiet"
    Type the reboot command:
    sh-2.04# reboot -f Restarting system.

  5. Log in with default credentials

    Type admin for the login username and password for the password:
    dc3-fcb-sw01 console login: admin Password: password Please change passwords for switch default accounts now. Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed.
    Press Ctrl C to skip password setting:
    Password was not changed. Will prompt again at next login until password is changed.
    Wait for the system to become "active" then type the version and licenseshow commands for your records:
    ******************************************* Notice: System has changed state to active. All active commands are available now. ******************************************* dc2fch22:FID128:admin> version Kernel: 2.6.14.2 Fabric OS: v8.2.1c Made on: Sat Jun 29 00:26:07 2019 Flash: Fri Nov 22 16:46:15 2019 BootProm: 1.0.11 dc2fch22:FID128:admin> licenseshow MKEJWJGESRrJgJ4ftPPR74LX97F9LXg4B7FFB: Extended Fabric license Fabric Watch license Performance Monitor license Trunking license Adaptive Networking - obsolete license Server Application Optimization - obsolete license Fabric Vision license tgmGTGDBCYFDWC3FALJSKKWfZGLtHaCJBSJTE: Second Ports on Demand license - additional 12 port upgrade license 9SfBGKt9YBQQZRF3agHmXraPDC7TagHJBA3BE: Full Ports on Demand license - additional 24 port upgrade license License Id: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

  6. Reset the IP address and erase the configuration.

    Type the switchdisable command then the configdefault command then the switchenable command followed by the reboot command:
    dc2fch22:FID128:admin> cfgdisable You are about to disable zoning configuration. This action will disable any previous zoning configuration enabled. Do you want to disable zoning configuration? (yes, y, no, n): [no] yes sw0 Updating flash ... The effective configuration has been disabled. Updating flash ... dc2fch22:FID128:admin> cfgclear The Clear All action will clear all Aliases, Zones, FA Zones and configurations in the Defined configuration. Run cfgSave to commit the transaction or cfgTransAbort to cancel the transaction. Do you really want to clear all configurations? (yes, y, no, n): [no] yes dc2fch22:FID128:admin> cfgsave You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration. This action will only save the changes on Defined configuration. If the update includes changes to one or more traffic isolation zones, you must issue the 'cfgenable' command for the changes to take effect. Do you want to save the Defined zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n): [no] yes sw0 Updating flash ... cfgSave completes successfully. Updating flash ...

  7. Set default configuration and reboot.

    Type the switchdisable command then the configdefault command then the switchenable command followed by the reboot command:
    dc2fch22:FID128:admin> switchdisable dc2fch22:FID128:admin> configdefault WARNING: This is a disruptive operation that requires a switch reboot. Would you like to continue [Y/N]: y Executing configdefault...Please wait Already in Native Mode continuing with configDefault Committing configuration ... 2025/08/21-14:58:24, [SLNK-1002], 1435452, FID 128, INFO, dc2fch22, Supportlink default configuration updated successfully. done. 2025/08/21-14:58:26, [MAPS-1113], 1435453, FID 128, INFO, dc2fch22, Policy dflt_conservative_policy activated. The switch has to be rebooted to allow the changes to take effect. 2025/08/21-14:58:26, [CONF-1031], 1435454, FID 128, INFO, dc2fch22, configDefault completed successfully for fid 128. The system has to be rebooted to allow the changes to take effect 2000/01/01-10:05:38, [CONF-1031], 877700, FID 128, INFO, dc3-fcb-sw01, configDefault completed successfully for switch. dc2fch22:FID128:admin> switchenable dc2fch22:FID128:admin> reboot Warning: This command would cause the switch to reboot and result in traffic disruption. Are you sure you want to reboot the switch [y/n]?y Broadcast message from admin (ttyS0) Sat Jan 1 10:05:51 2000... The system is going down for reboot NOW !! INIT: Switching to runlevel: 6 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal

  8. Copy all the output from the session into your records.

    Right-click PuTTY's titlebar, from that dropdown menu click on "Copy All to Clipboard"
    Open the file of record certifying the deconfiguration of this device and use CTRL V to paste all the output from PuTTY into that file. Formatting the text with a fixed-width font helps it look more readable.

  9. End the session.

    Close PuTTy.