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HPE Aruba Networking Default Switch Passwords

This page lists 1 confirmed default credential for HPE Aruba Networking equipment. The pairing you are most likely to need is admin with no password at all.

Entries are reachable over console.

Credentials1
Most common usernameadmin
Most common passwordNone setblank by default
Access methodConsole
1 credential
Model Protocol Access Username Password
AOS-CX (6200, 6300, 6400 SERIES) CONSOLE Admin admin no password set
These are factory default credentials, not the password printed on the sticker under your router. If yours has been changed and you cannot recall it, a 30-second reset button hold returns the device to the defaults above. Know a HPE Aruba Networking model we are missing? Add it.
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About HPE Aruba Networking

The entries are logged as network switches. The single record we hold is for the AOS-CX (6200, 6300, 6400 SERIES).

Reaching the login page

Point a browser at whatever your computer reports as its default gateway. On Windows that is the Default Gateway line from ipconfig; on macOS, Network settings shows it under the active connection. None of the HPE Aruba Networking entries here are for a web interface — they are reached over console, which means a terminal or a serial console rather than a browser.

If the HPE Aruba Networking password has already been changed

This is not hardware you reset with a paperclip. Recovery runs through the console port: interrupt the boot sequence, tell the bootloader to ignore the saved configuration, start up, read or clear the password, then save and reboot. The exact key sequence differs by platform and is in the vendor documentation under password recovery.

You need physical access and a serial cable for this, which is deliberate. Anything reachable only over the network cannot be recovered this way.

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