1.
How to enable password in Cisco
and Brocade switches/routers.
A.
Enabling password in cisco
switches
To go configure terminal mode and use following commands to enable
a password.
Router(config)# enable password PASSWORD123
Router(config)#exit or Router(config)# end
Router# wr or Router(config)# wr me
Enable password Password123 command sets password
PASSWORD123 to your device
Exit or end command is used to take you back from configure mode to privileged
mode where you can save the changes. All the changes are saved in privileged
mode.
At last we run wr command with is used for saving the
current configuration or changes which we have made in current session.
B.
Enabling password In Brocade’s
switch and routers.
All the CLI prompt, enter
following command to change to the privileged exec mode
Device> enable
Device# Configure terminal
Device(Config)# enable super-user-password Hemant
NOTE – you must set the Super
user password before you can set other types of passwords.
Device(config)# enable port-config-password Rajan
Device(config)# enable read-only-password Sachin
after running these command you will need to save the current configuration in the switch memory. for saving the same you will have to come in privileged mode using exit command or end command.'
Device(config)# exit
Device# wr me
wr me command is used to save the changed or modified settings/configurations. wr me stands for write me.