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Question posted by milamou on July 24th, 2014

Dell M1000e With (4) 8428-k Blade Switches

We just got a m1000e dell chassis with 8428-K cards..I configured the A1 card with an IP and change the admin password. Through the CMC GUI I added the IPs for the remaining blades but did not change any passwords. Today I try to log into the other blades to reset password etc but I'm unable to log in with the default admin/password. I tried changing the passwords from the CMC GUI but it is greyedout so i can't do that...try password recovery during bootup..doesn't work..i was also looking for a way to put the switch to factory default but i couldn't find any info on it..any help will be greatly appreciated..

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Dell M8428-k Hardware Reference Manual - Page 22

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Dell M8428-k Hardware Reference Manual - Page 23

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