ASMI password reset for 8203-E4A

[Kevin Bowling]

I have an 8203-E4A that I am trying to load for personal use.

The system boots and eventually the operator panel says "STANDBY" so I
am guessing it's LPARed and waiting for an HMC.

I've tried admin/admin, but docs say first login will cause a password
change, so that is unlikely to work on anything but a factory fresh machine.

I contacted IBM and entitlement said the base rate would be $6000 for
support -- a new POWER8 straight from IBM is cheaper so this is pretty
silly :)

How can I get the celogin password or contact someone that will be able
to assist?

Regards,
Kevin

[sllabres]

"Use the reset toggle jumpers on the service processor"

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER5/iphby_p5/resetadminpwd.htm#resetadminpwd

Bye Stefan... . . . .

[WBSTClarke]

Or ask our friendly insider, as that was necessary once for my Multiprise 3000 H50, although the CE password had a limited validity and wasn't controllable.

Cheers,
WBST

[mesh...@gmail.com]

I'm also having this issue with a 9110-51A i got off ebay. I tried resetting the DIP switches, time of day battery and the asmi password wont budge.

[russel...@gmail.com]

abc123 or abc1234

[Michael Shannon]

On Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 10:02:28 PM UTC-6, russel...@gmail.com wrote:
> abc123 or abc1234

You sir are a life saver. Wonder why even most IBM docs have the admin/admin default.

[russel...@gmail.com]

Ex IBM power systems field engineer 4/5/6, they would always reset to that

[russel...@gmail.com]

[R]

On S822 and S822L there is a much easier way to reset the admin password.
No need to contact IBM, the floppy front panel thing on the front is all you need.

Pop it out, then
- Use function 02 to set the service coprocessor into manual mode, enabling functions 25 and 26
- Use function 25, click OK to reveal "25 00"
- Use function 26, click OK to reveal "26 00"
- You have now enabled the customer-extended functions (if you see "26 FF", just try again)
- Use function 73 (reset system), click OK to reveal "A170800B", click OK to "reveal 73"
- Click OK one last time
- Wait 5 minutes for reset to complete
- Once you see "01 PVM" etc, it was resetted
- Use function 02 to set the service coprocessor into manual mode
- Use function 3000 and 3001 to reveal ASMI IP address
- Now log in as admin/admin
- The menu will initially only show change password. the actual functionality is enabled after password has been changed.

Function 73 was added in 2014, I think.
I had never used these systems before and it took me a few hours of googling IBM docs to find this out.
It just feels so bizarre. This could be a capture-the-flag challenge of how to hack into a mainframe, honestly.

Sorry for the necropost, but I hope this helps someone.
- R

On Friday, 2 September 2016 at 08:00:47 UTC+2, Kevin Bowling wrote:
> I have an 8203-E4A that I am trying to load for personal use.
>
> The system boots and eventually the operator panel says "STANDBY" so I
> am guessing it's LPARed and waiting for an HMC.
>
> I've tried admin/admin, but docs say first login will cause a password
> change, so that is unlikely to work on anything but a factory fresh machine.
>

> Regards,
> Kevin

[Christian Manco]

Hi Kevin, Thanks..! It works.!

[Jesper Lammert]

This sir, saved my butt. Found it randomly googling. Thank you, if you ever see this!

[James Edge]

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I needed after searching and searching. I almost wish the Power 8 had dip switches.