Product and Software: This article applies to Aruba Instant.
To reset the admin password on Aruba Instant:
1) From the console, enter this username and password:
Username: admin
Password: forgetme!
2) Get into configure terminal mode:
# configure terminal
3) Issue this command to reset the password:
(config)# mgmt-user <username> <password>
(config)# exit
# write memory
②Product and Software: This article applies to all Aruba controllers and ArubaOS versions.
To restore the admin password on the controller, follow these steps:
Log in from the console.
Use "password" as the user name and use "forgetme!" as the password.
Enable the mode password as "enable".
In configuration mode, enter the ‘mgmt-user admin root’ command to reset the admin password.
Re-login using the new admin password.
In configuration mode, enter the ‘enable secret’ command to reset the enable mode password.
For example:
User:password
Password:
forgetme!
(aruba) >
enable
Password:
enable
(aruba) #
configure terminal
Enter Configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z
(aruba) (config) #
mgmt-user admin root
Password: <new admin password>
Re-Type password: <new admin password>
(aruba) (config) #
exit
(aruba) #
exit
(aruba) >
exit
User:
admin
Password: <new admin password>
(aruba) >
enable
Password:
enable
(aruba) #
configure terminal
Enter Configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z
(aruba) (config) #
enable secret
Password: <new enable password>
Re-Type password: <new enable password>
(aruba) (config) #
write memory