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Cisco ASA Series Firewall CLI Configuration Guide
Chapter31 Configuring the ASA IPS Module
Managing the ASA IPS module
Resetting the Password
You can reset the module password to the default. For the user cisco, the default password is cisco. After
resetting the password, you should change it to a unique value using the module application.
Resetting the module password causes the module to reboot. Services are not available while the module
is rebooting.
To reset the module password to the default of cisco, perform the following steps.
Detailed Steps
Command Purpose
For a hardware module (for example, the ASA 5585-X):
hw-module module 1 password-reset
For a software module (for example, the ASA 5545-X):
sw-module module ips password-reset
Example:
ciscoasa# hw-module module 1 password-reset
Resets the module password to cisco for user cisco.