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Changing Initial Passwords
This section describes how to change the user password on the iBMC WebUI. To change the user password on the iBMC CLI, see the Atlas 800 Inference Server iBMC User Guide (Model 3000).
Change the following initial passwords:
- Initial password of the default iBMC user
- Initial password for the iBMC U-Boot
- For details about the default user name and password of iBMC, see the Atlas Hardware Product User List.
- U-Boot is a kind of underlying software used to configure basic settings, for example, initialize hardware devices and set up memory space mapping, to prepare for commissioning the OS.
- To ensure system security, change the default password upon the first login and change the password periodically.
- For security purposes, enable password complexity check.
- The password complexity check function is enabled by default.
Changing the Initial Password of the Default iBMC User
- Log in to the iBMC WebUI and open the Local User page.
- If the iBMC version is V549 or earlier, choose Configuration > Local Users. The page shown in Figure 5-36 is displayed.
- If the iBMC version is V561 or later, choose User & Security > Local Users. The page shown in Figure 5-37 is displayed.
- Modify user information.
- If the iBMC version is V549 or earlier, locate the user and click
. The page shown in figure 5-34 is displayed.
Figure 5-38 Modifying user information (V549 or earlier) - If the iBMC version is V561 or later, locate the user and click Edit. The page shown in Figure 5-39 is displayed.
- If the iBMC version is V549 or earlier, locate the user and click
- Change the user password by following on-screen instructions.
A password must meet the following requirements:
- Contain 8 to 20 characters.
- Contain at least one space or one of the following special characters:
`~!@#$%^&*()-_=+\|[{}];:'",<.>/?
- Contain at least two types of the following characters:
- Lowercase letters a to z
- Uppercase letters A to Z
- Digits 0 to 9
- Cannot be the same as the user name or user name in reverse order.
. The page shown in 
Changing the Initial iBMC U-Boot Password
iBMC V663 and later versions do not support U-Boot.
- Log in to the iBMC CLI over the serial port.
- Run the following command to restart the iBMC:
iBMC:/->ipmcset -d reset
The following information is displayed:
This operation will reboot IPMC system. Continue? [Y/N]:
- Type y and press Enter.
The system restarts.
- Press Ctrl+B immediately when the following information is displayed:
Hit 'ctrl + b' to stop autoboot: 1
- Enter the default password for the iBMC U-Boot.
The following prompt indicates that you have logged in to the U-Boot.
U-boot>
- Run the following command to change the U-Boot password:
U-boot> passwd
The following information is displayed:
Enter old password:
- Enter the old password.
The following information is displayed:
Enter new password:
- Enter a new password.
The following information is displayed:
Enter the new password again:
- Enter the new password again.
The password has been changed if the following information is displayed:
. done Un-Protected 1 sectors Erasing Flash... . done Erased 1 sectors Writing to Flash... done . done Protected 1 sectors password be changed successfully.
- Run the boot command to exit U-Boot.