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Setting the Tools menu password with encryption using the CLI

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Use the commands in this section to set the Tools menu password with a hashed string.

To set an encrypted password:
  1. Log into the appliance CLI.

  2. Go to CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostame # configure terminal
  3. Set the password:

    hostname (config) # boot bootmgr tools password 7 <password>
  4. Save your change:

    hostname (config) # write memory

Example

The following example sets an encrypted password for the Tools menu.

hostname (config) # boot bootmgr tools password 7 $6$xuQN2G3r$ufK5k8dUDdpp0hPETrtjBIDZ3f3PhCxGYagp2k0gvgv/YrD88GNIkUsaKRVDMsPAyQlcGuzhRXaBpCCVPeQd1