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Chapter32 Troubleshooting Using Recovery Procedures
If you see a message that begins with this:
The password-recovery mechanism has been triggered, but is currently disabled.
go to the Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled section on page 32-6, and follow the steps.
Password Recovery with Password Recovery Enabled
If the password-recovery mechanism is enabled, t h is mes sa ge ap p ears :
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system. The following
commands will initialize the flash file system, and finish loading the operating system
software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
Follow these steps when the password-recovery is enabled:
Step1 Initialize the flash file system:
switch# flash_init
Step2 If you had set the console port speed to anything other than 9 600, it ha s be en re set to t hat p artic ula r
speed. Change the emulation software line speed to match that of the switch console port.
Step3 Load any helper files:
switch# load_helper
Step4 Display the contents of flash memory:
switch# dir flash:
The switch file system appears in the directory.
Step5 Rename the configuration file to config.text.old.
This file contains the password definition.
switch# rename flash:config.text flash:config.text.old
Step6 Boot the system:
switch# boot
You are prompted to start the setup program. Enter N at the prompt:
Continue with the configuration dialog? [yes/no]: N
Step7 At the switch prompt, enter privileged EXEC mode:
Switch> enable
Step8 Rename the configuration file to its original name:
Switch# rename flash:config.text.old flash:config.text