May 17, 2023

Aruba S2500-48p

To restore the admin password on the controller, follow these steps:

  1. Log in from the console.
  2. Use “password” as the user name and use “forgetme!” as the password.
  3. Enable the mode password as “enable”.
  4. In configuration mode, enter the ‘mgmt-user admin root’ command to reset the admin password.
  5. Re-login using the new admin password.
  6. 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

Below are the steps to reset the enable mode password from the controller CLI.

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

sometimes you have the admin password of the controller but not have the enable mode password so what to do…….?

Access the Controller via GUI And change the enable mode password in Controller Wizard.

Navigate to Configuration > Controller Wizard > Under Wizards > Configure Controller >Basic Info> Enter any Name of your choice, Password for User Admin, retype the same, Password for Enable mode Access here is the place where we can reset the enable mode password and retype the same click on Next

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