To restore admin access to Aruba Controller, follow these steps:
- Login to Aruba Controller via console.
- In username field, type “password” and “forgetme!” as password.
- It will prompt enable password, use “enable”.
- To reset the password, in configuration mode, enter “mgmt-user admin root”.
- Enter your desired admin password and re-type to confirm it.
- Exit to the configuration mode and try to login using new password.
- After successful login, you can reset the enable password
- In configuration mode, enter “enable secret”.
In CLI, it will shows like this.
User: password
Password: forgetme!
(Aruba-Controller) >enable
Password: enable
(Aruba-Controller) #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-Controller)(config) #exit
(Aruba-Controller) #exit
(Aruba-Controller) >exit
Login using your new password.
User: admin
Password: <new admin password>
(Aruba-Controller)>enable
Password: enable
(Aruba-Controller)#configure terminal
Enter Configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z
(Aruba-Controller)(config) #enable secret
Password: <new enable password>
Re-Type password: <new enable password>
(Aruba-Controller)(config) #write memory