Nortel Networks 2300 Recovering the System Password, WSS-2350, WSS-2370, WSS-2380, or WSS-2360

574Appendix A: Troubleshooting a WS Switch

Recovering the System Password

You can recover the system enable password if you have lost or forgotten it.

Caution! Recovering the system password will delete your configuration files.

You set the WSS switch password using the set enablepass command. If you forget the password, use one of the following procedures.

WSS-2350

1After the switch has fully booted, insert a pin into the factory reset switch to erase the switch’s configuration.

2Use a web browser to access IP address 192.168.100.1. This address accesses the Web Quick Start.

3Use the Web Quick Start to set the administrator usernames and passwords and other parameters. Make sure you reconfigure the switch’s IP connection.

4See “First-Time Configuration using the Console” on page 56.

WSS-2370, WSS-2380, or WSS-2360

1Reboot the switch, and interrupt the WSS switch boot process.

Insert a pin into the restart switch or power the WSS switch off and on again to cause the WSS switch to reboot. Figure 22 shows the location of the restart switch on an WSS-2370 switch. The restart switch on an WSS-2360 or WSS-2380 switch is also located next to its serial console port.

Figure 22. WSS Restart Switch Location

Restart switch

100-240V 50/60 Hz 8A MAX

DISCONNECT ALL POWER BEFORE SERVICING

Rst		Mgmt	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9 10
Console
21	22	Link
		AP
		Link
		AP

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

2When you see descending numbers on the console, press any key.

3Type the following command at the boot> prompt:

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boot> boot OPT+=default

If you do not type the command before the reset cycle is complete, the WSS switch returns to the state it was in before you restarted it.

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