Cisco Systems 3750E manual Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled, 45-7, Switch dir flash

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Chapter 45 Troubleshooting

Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password

Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled

If the password-recovery mechanism is disabled, this message appears:

The password-recovery mechanism has been triggered, but is currently disabled. Access to the boot loader prompt through the password-recovery mechanism is disallowed at this point. However, if you agree to let the system be reset back to the default system configuration, access to the boot loader prompt can still be allowed.

Would you like to reset the system back to the default configuration (y/n)?

Caution Returning the switch to the default configuration results in the loss of all existing configurations. We recommend that you contact your system administrator to verify if there are backup switch and VLAN configuration files.

If you enter n (no), the normal boot process continues as if the Mode button had not been pressed; you cannot access the boot loader prompt, and you cannot enter a new password. You see the message:

Press Enter to continue........

If you enter y (yes), the configuration file in flash memory and the VLAN database file are deleted. When the default configuration loads, you can reset the password.

Step 1

Elect to continue with password recovery and lose the existing configuration:

 

Would you like to reset the system back to the default configuration (y/n)? Y

Step 2

Load any helper files:

 

 

Switch: load_helper

 

Step 3

Display the contents of flash memory:

 

switch: dir flash:

 

 

The switch file system appears:

 

Directory of flash:

 

 

13 drwx

192

Mar 01 1993 22:30:48 c3750e-universal-mz.122-35.SE2.0

16128000 bytes total (10003456 bytes free)

Step 4 Boot up the system:

Switch: boot

You are prompted to start the setup program. To continue with password recovery, enter N at the prompt:

Continue with the configuration dialog? [yes/no]: N

Step 5 At the switch prompt, enter privileged EXEC mode:

Switch> enable

Step 6 Enter global configuration mode:

Switch# configure terminal

Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Switch Software Configuration Guide

 

OL-9775-02

45-7

 

 

 

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