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Appendix D

Password Recovery Procedure
This section describes the procedure for resetting passwords on D-Lin k Switches.
Authenticating any user who tries to access networks is necessary and important. The basic authent ication method used to
accept qualified users is through a local login, utilizing a Username and Password. Som etimes, passwords get forgotten or
destroyed, so network administrators need to reset these passwords. This s ection will explain how the Password Recovery
feature can help network administrators reach this goal.
The following steps explain how to use the Password Recovery feature on D-Link devices to easily recover passwords.
Complete these steps to reset the password:
1. For security reasons, the Password Recovery feature requires the user to ph ysically access the device. Therefore
this feature is only applicable when there is a direct connection to the console port of the dev ice. It is neces sary for
the user needs to attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation to the co nsole port of the switch.
2. Power on the switch. After the runtime image is loaded to 100%, the Switch will allow 2 seconds for the user to
press the hotkey [^] ( Shift + 6 ) to enter the “Password Recovery Mode”. Once the Switch enters the “Pass word
Recovery Mode”, all ports on the Switch will be disabled.
Boot Procedure V1.00.B06
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Power On Self Test ........................................ 100%
MAC Address : 00-19-5B-EC-32-15
H/W Version : A1
Please wait, loading V1.00.B031 Runtime image.............. 00 %
The switch is now entering Password Recovery Mode:_
The switch is currently in Password Recovery Mode.
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3. In the “Password Recovery Mode” only the following commands can be us ed.
Command Parameters
reset config The reset config command resets the whole configuration will be
back to the default value
reboot The reboot command exits the Reset Password Recovery Mode and
restarts the switch. A confirmation message will be displayed to a ll o w
the user to save the current settings.
reset account The reset account command deletes all the previous ly created
accounts.
reset password The reset password command resets the password of the specified
user. If a username is not specified, the password of all us ers w ill be