Managing VAST Cluster Passwords

Default Users and Passwords

VAST Cluster equipment is shipped with the following users and passwords.

Component	Interface and User Role	Username	Password
Vast Management System (VMS)	VMS administrator	`admin`	`123456`
	VMS support user	`support`	`654321`
	VMS root user	`root`	`IamGroot!`
CNode	VAST OS (Linux) user	`vastdata`	`vastdata`
	VAST OS (Linux) super user	`root`	`rootvastdata`
	IPMI user	`admin`	Ice Lake model: `adminvastdata` Cascade Lake model: `123456` Broadwell model: `admin`
DNode	VAST OS (Linux) user	`vastdata`	`vastdata`
	VAST OS (Linux) super user	`root`	`rootvastdata`
	IPMI user	`admin`	Mavericks model: `admin` CERES model: `adminvastdata`
Mellanox Ethernet Switches	Management interfaces administrator	`admin`	`admin`
	Management interface read-only user	`monitor`	N/A

To change VMS passwords or to enable and configure VMS authentication and RBAC via AD/LDAP user, see Managing Management Users.
To change CNode and DNode OS and IPMI passwords, run the VAST CLI command cluster set-password.
To the manage Mellanox switch passwords, open a secure shell (SSH) session to the switch's management CLI using the admin user and use the username command.

To change the admin password:
1. Obtain the switch IP. You can find this in the VAST Web UI on the Switch tab of the Infrastructure page, or in the output of the switch list VAST CLI command.
2. Run the following commands, where <Switch_IP> is the switch IP and <New_Password> is the new password that you want to set:
```
> ssh admin@<Switch_IP>
switch> enable
switch # config terminal
switch (config) # username admin password <New_Password>
switch (config) # conf write
switch (config) # conf write
```