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With the security manager tool you can change the bootstrap password.
The bootstrap password is used to authenticate a Cisco IOS device before it connects to the Event Gateway. You can set the default bootstarp password by using the Cisco Configuration Engine setup program. For additional information see "Device Authentication" section on page 1-13.
To access Security management tasks, log into the system (see "Logging In" section on page 2-1). Then, from the Home page, click the Tools tab. The Tools page appears. From the Tools page, click Security Mgr.
The Security Manager page appears showing: BootStrap.
The bootstrap password is used where multiple devices are deployed in a batch. In this case, all devices in a particular batch are given the same (bootstrap) password to use when they each start up on the network for the first time. The bootstrap password can be changed for different batches of devices by using the Security Manager.
Step 1 From the Security Management page, click BootStrap.
The Change Bootstrap Password page appears (see Figure 13-1).
Figure 13-1 Change Bootstrap Password
Step 2 In the password dialog box, enter the new password.
Table 13-1 shows valid values for these fields.
Step 3 Confirm the new password.
Step 4 Choose (Keep, Update radio buttons) the subsequent action to the database regarding any password that is equal to the bootstrap password.
Step 5 To clear all entries, click Reset.
Step 6 To save the new password, click OK.