3Enter config as the name of the flash file. The configuration is erased and the device reboots.

4Repeat the device initial configuration.

Password Recovery

If a password is lost, the Password Recovery procedure can be called from the Startup menu. The procedure enables entry to the device once without a password.

To recover a lost password for the local terminal only:

1From the Startup menu, type 3 and press <Enter>. The password is deleted.

NOTE: To ensure device security, reconfigure passwords for applicable management methods.

Software Download Through TFTP Server

This section contains instructions for downloading device software (system and boot images) through a TFTP server. The TFTP server must be configured before beginning to download the software.

System Image Download

The device boots and runs when decompressing the system image from the flash memory area where a copy of the system image is stored. When a new image is downloaded, it is saved in the other area allocated for the other system image copy.

On the next boot, the device will decompress and run the currently active system image unless chosen otherwise.

To download a system image through the TFTP server:

1Ensure that an IP address is configured on one of the device ports and pings can be sent to a TFTP server.

2Make sure that the file to be downloaded is saved on the TFTP server (the ros file).

3Enter copy tftp://{tftp address}/{file name} image to copy a new system image to the device. When the new image is downloaded, it is saved in the area allocated for the other copy of system image. The following is an example of the information that appears:

console# copy tftp://176.215.31.3/file1.ros image Accessing file ‘file1’ on 176.215.31.3Ö

Loading file1 from 176.215.31.3:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Copy took 00:01:11 [hh:mm:ss]

Exclamation symbols indicate that a copying process is in progress. Each symbol (!) corresponds to 512 bytes transferred successfully. A period indicates that the copying process is timed out. Many periods in a row indicate that the copying process failed.

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