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Chapter 29 Troubleshooting
Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password
Step 3 Use a pointed device, such as a ballpoint pen, to press the Pwr/Rst button on the front panel of the
switch.
Step 4 within 15 seconds, press the Mode button while the System LED is still flashing green. Continue
pressing the Mode button until the System LED turns briefly amber and then solid green; then release
the Mode button.
Several lines of information about the software appear with instructions, informing you if the password
recovery procedure has been disabled or not.
• If you see a message that begins with this:
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system. The
following commands will initialize the flash file system
go to the “Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled” section on page 29-4, and follow the steps.
• If you see a message that begins with this:
The password-recovery mechanism has been triggered, but is currently disabled.
go to the “Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled” section on page 29-6, and follow the steps.
Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled
If the password-recovery mechanism is enabled, this message appears:
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system. The following
commands will initialize the flash file system, and finish loading the operating system
software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
Follow these steps to enable password recovery:
Step 1 Initialize the flash file system:
switch: flash_init
Step 2 If you had set the console port speed to anything other than 9600, it has been reset to that particular
speed. Change the emulation software line speed to match that of the switch console port.
Step 3 Load any helper files:
switch: load_helper
Step 4 Display the contents of flash memory:
switch: dir flash:
The switch file system appears:
Directory of flash:
13 drwx 192 Mar 01 1993 22:30:48
11 -rwx 5825 Mar 01 1993 22:31:59 config.text
18 -rwx 720 Mar 01 1993 02:21:30 vlan.dat
16128000 bytes total (10003456 bytes free)