Change the ZFS Storage Appliance root Password - Oracle® SuperCluster M8 and SuperCluster M7 Security Guide

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Change the ZFS Storage Appliance `root` Password

The ZFS storage appliance itself is not preconfigured with a default root password. Initial configuration of the ZFS storage appliance is performed through a console session from its embedded Oracle ILOM. The root password for the appliance is set during this initial configuration session.

When you initially access the console of the appliance, a shell interface configuration screen appears. Verify the information on the screen and enter the required values. The root password to the ZFS storage appliance is set during this process.

Note - Oracle ILOM for the appliance does have a default root account and password. See Default User Accounts and Passwords.

Once you have a root account, you can change the password any time as described in this task.

Note - When a password is changed for any SuperCluster component that Oracle Engineered Systems Hardware Manager manages(such as the AFS storage controller OS), you must also update the password in Oracle Engineered Systems Hardware Manager. For details, refer to the Oracle SuperCluster M8 and SuperCluster M7 Administration Guide.

Log into the ZFS storage appliance.
See Log into the ZFS Storage Appliance.

Change the root password.
In this example, replace password with a password that complies with U.S. Department of Defense password complexity policies.
```
hostname:> configuration users select root set initial_password=password initial_password = *************
hostname:configuration users> done
```
For more information on the initial installation and configuration of the ZFS storage appliance, see Additional ZFS Storage Appliance Resources. You can also refer to the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Installation Guide For ZS5-x, ZS4-4, ZS3-x, 7x20 Controllers, and DEx-24, Sun Disk Shelves, Release OS8.7.x at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E79446_01.