Chapter 17 Administrative Tasks for the Sensor

Recovering the Password

Table 17-1lists the password recovery methods according to platform.

Table 17-1

Password Recovery Methods According to Platform

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

Description

Recovery Method

 

 

 

4300 series sensors

Standalone IPS appliances

GRUB prompt or ROMMON

4500 series sensors

 

 

 

 

 

ASA 5500-X IPS SSP

ASA 5500 series adaptive security

Adaptive security appliance CLI

ASA 5585-X IPS SSP

appliance IPS modules

command

 

 

 

 

Recovering the Password for the Appliance

This section describes the two ways to recover the password for appliances. It contains the following topics:

•Using the GRUB Menu, page 17-3

•Using ROMMON, page 17-4

Using the GRUB Menu

Note You must have a terminal server or direct serial connection to the appliance to use the GRUB menu to recover the password.

For the IPS 4355, IPS 4360, IPS 4510, and IPS 4520 appliances, the password recovery is found in the GRUB menu, which appears during bootup. When the GRUB menu appears, press any key to pause the boot process.

To recover the password on appliances, follow these steps:

Step 1 Reboot the appliance to see the GRUB menu.

GNU GRUB version 0.94 (632K lower / 523264K upper memory)

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0:Cisco IPS

1:Cisco IPS Recovery

2:Cisco IPS Clear Password (cisco)

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Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted.

Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the

Commands before booting, or 'c' for a command-line.

Highlighted entry is 0:

Step 2 Press any key to pause the boot process.

Step 3 Choose 2: Cisco IPS Clear Password (cisco). The password is reset to cisco. Log in to the CLI with username cisco and password cisco. You can then change the password.

 

 

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 7.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

OL-29168-01

 

 

17-3

 

 

 

 

 

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IPS4510K9 specifications

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