Cisco Systems 1503 manual Forgot Your Password?, Press Ctrl-C

Forgot Your Password?

The <password> field can contain from 0 to 80 uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters. Spaces are not allowed. The first character cannot be a number. Passwords are case sensitive.

An example of a valid password is mypassword1.

Forgot Your Password?

If you forget the password that provides access to administrator-level commands or if you forget the password required for Telnet sessions, you can bypass the password requirement and set a new password. You must be connected to the hub through the CONSOLE port to perform these steps.

Take the following steps:

Step 1 Turn the hub OFF, and wait 60 seconds before going to Step 2.

Step 2 Turn the hub ON, and wait while the following messages are displayed on the terminal:

Starting the system...

Boot option : bootp get ip

Enter BOOTP phase, wait or press Ctrl-C to break...

.....

Bootup Error: Timeout, no response from BOOTP server.

Press RETURN to start a new session

Step 3 Press Ctrl-C.

Step 4 When the following prompt appears, enter a new administrator password: New administrator password: <new_password>

Step 5 When the following prompt appears, re-enter the new password:

Confirm administrator password: <new_password>

Step 6 You are then prompted to enter and confirm a new Telnet session password, as follows:

New telnet-session password: <new_telnet-session_password>

Confirm telnet-session password: <new_telnet-session_password>

Using Your Hub Software 3-5