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Brocade reset to factory default

settings (or just brick it)
Last weekend wereplacedsix old Brocade SAN switches withbrand new
Cisco MDS 9148 switches. Everything went according to plan with no
disruption to the rest of the infrastructure. I was howeverstuckwith a bunch of
old Brocade 4900 switches ready to be decommissioned. Performing a Brocade
reset to factory default settings proved to be a bit of a challenge though
If you ask Google howto perform a Brocade reset to factory default settings,
youll nd a lot of commands. One command removes the zoning, another
command removes a dierent part of the cong, a third command replaces
some cong values with the default settings. However, none of these commands
reset the IP conguration, user passwords or switch name. Which is kind of
awkward since thats THE part of the switch cong you wouldnt want to
become public domain
If you want to reset your Brocade switch to factory default settings, connect to
your switch via a console cable and log in as root or factory user. The admin
account will not allow you to run the congremoveall command. Next, run the
following commands: Ive included the switch output.
switchname console login: root

Password:
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functionality made available through the Root or Factory account could

cause significant harm and disruption to the operation of the SAN fabric.
Your use of the functionality made available through the Root or Factory
account is at your sole risk and you assume all liability resulting from
such use. The Equipment vendor shall have no liability for any losses
or damages arising from or relating to the use of the Root or Factory
account (and the functionality enabled thereby) by anyone other than
the Equipment vendor's authorized engineers.
Proceeding with the usage of this switch as the Root or Factory user
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switchname:root> switchdisable
2014/08/18-11:23:15, [FW-1439], 1347, FID 128, WARNING, switchname,
Switch status change contributing factor Switch offline.
switchname:root> configremoveall
This command will remove ALL configuration data
Removing configuration for Switch!!
You will not be able to use this switch until you either
download a new configuration file, or reboot the switch
to restore the factory defaults. If you do not have a
configuration file or do not know how to reconfigure your
switch, answer no to all of the following questions.
Remove
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database: (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

snmp.agtParty.0.port
Remove zone/AD database (no recovery): (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

Removing zoning/AD data ....
done
Remove security database(ACL policy) (no recovery): (yes, y, no, n):
[no] y
Removing security database ....
done
The system has to be rebooted to allow the changes to take effect
2014/08/18-11:23:22, [CONF-1032], 1349, FID 128, INFO, switchname,
configRemove completed successfully for switch.
switchname:root> reboot
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While the switch boots you can already see the switchname is not reset, IP
conguration is unchanged and even worse, your old passwords and usernames
will still work. Run a congshow and youll see the boot parameters are
unchanged
Resetting the IP address is straightforward. Apart from the very strange habit of
rst asking me to insert new IP addresses and only THEN prompting me
whether or not I want to use DHCP
switchname:root> ipaddrset
Ethernet IP Address [oldIP]:1.1.1.1
Ethernet Subnetmask [oldSUBNET]:
Gateway IP Address [oldGW]:1.1.1.1
DHCP [Off]:on
IP address is being changed...Done.
switchname:root> 2014/08/18-09:28:14, [IPAD-1000], 1364, CHASSIS,
INFO, SilkWorm4900, SW/0 Ether/0 IPv4 manual none/none DHCP On
2014/08/18-09:28:14, [IPAD-1001], 1365, CHASSIS, INFO, SilkWorm4900, CP/0
IPv4 manual none DHCP On
Use theswitchname andpasswd commands to change the accounts for root,

factory and admin. And that should be it; your switch is empty. Finally.
Lets go one step further

Around this time a small but persistent rage was building in me. A simple 10
secondCisco job (wr erase, reload and youve got a new switch!) turned out to
be a pain-in-the-behind on a Brocade switch. I had to have revenge
Disclaimer: Do not proceed with the following commands if you intend to use this switch
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With the console cable attached,power cycle your switch and watch the console
output. As soon as you see the System RAM test, hit escape. Choose 3 in the
menu
Checking system RAM - press any key to stop test

Checking memory address: 00100000
System RAM test using Default POST RAM Test succeeded.
Press escape within 4 seconds to enter boot interface.
1) Start system.
2) Recover password.
3) Enter command shell.
Option? 3
Boot PROM password has not been set.
Runprintenv to list the environment variables. Look for the OSLoader part and
copy the rst part of it. Use this data with theboot <address> -scommand; -s
boots into single user mode.
> printenv
AutoLoad=yes
ENET_MAC=00051E055013
InitTest=MEM()
LoadIdentifiers=Fabric Operating System;Fabric Operating System
OSLoadOptions=quiet;quiet
OSLoader=ATA()0x3815f;ATA()0x86018
OSRootPartition=hda1;hda2
SkipWatchdog=yes
gatewayip=
ipaddr=
submask=
> boot ATA()0x3815f -s
Booting "Manually selected OS" image.
Entry point at 0x01000000 ...
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At this point your switch will boot the Linux kernel at the memory address
specied. It will startin single user mode, hence no passwords required. In
eect your Brocade switch is now a Linux server (Linux version 2.6.14.2 to be
precise). After the switch has booted, mount the disk volumes:
sh-2.04# mount -o remount,rw,noatime /
EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
sh-2.04# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data
sh-2.04# cd /
sh-2.04# ls
bin
core_files etc
import libexec root
boot
dev
export initrd mnt
sbin
config diag
fabos lib
proc
share
mode.
standby_sbin tmp
var
support_files users
tftpboot
usr
Youll see a Linux lesystem. Now do what everyone will do at least once (and
hopefully, never again) in their life
sh-2.04# rm -rf * /
rm: cannot remove directory `initrd': Device or resource busy
rm: cannot remove directory `mnt': Device or resource busy
rm: cannot remove directory `//initrd': Device or resource busy
rm: cannot remove directory `//mnt': Device or resource busy
rm: cannot remove directory `/': Device or resource busy
sh-2.04# ls
sh: ls: command not found
sh-2.04# mount
sh: mount: command not found
sh-2.04# reboot
sh: reboot: command not found
sh-2.04#
Power cycle the switch (since the reboot command wont work anymore) . The
boot process should end with:
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Linux/PPC load:
BootROM command line: quiet
Uncompressing Linux...done.
Now booting the kernel
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 2 of PCI bridge 1
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:00.0
Installing Linux 2.6 Kernel
Attempting to find a root file system on hda1...
Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to
kernel.
Sooooo satisfying!
TL;DR: Please Brocade, give usa proper reset to factory defaults command! Add
ayes Im sure I want to nuke my switch warning if youre afraid someone
will accidentally kill a production switch. But ifCisco can safely implement wr
erase without buildings catching re

Related:
Cisco NX-OS SNMP v3 conguration
October 7, 2015
In "Everything"
Cisco Smart Zoning for NX-OS in the DCNM-SAN GUI
April 7, 2015
In "Everything"
Isilon network modication via CLI
December 3, 2015
In "Everything"
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Brocade reset to factory default

switchname console login: root

functionality made available through the Root or Factory account could

database: (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

Remove zone/AD database (no recovery): (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

Use theswitchname andpasswd commands to change the accounts for root,

Lets go one step further

Checking system RAM - press any key to stop test

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