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Chapter 36
Troubleshooting
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Step 5
After recovering the password, reload the switch:
Switch> reload s
Proceed with reload? [confirm] y
Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled
If the password-recovery mechanism is enabled, this message appears:
The system has been interrupted, or encountered an error during initializion of the flash
filesystem.
loading the operating system software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
Initialize the flash file system:
Step 1
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
11
18
16128000 bytes total (10003456 bytes free)
Step 5
Rename the configuration file to config.text.old.
This file contains the password definition.
switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.text.old
Boot the system:
Step 6
switch: boot
You are prompted to start the setup program. Enter N at the prompt:
Continue with the configuration dialog? [yes/no]: N
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If you see a message that begins with this:
The password-recovery mechanism has been triggered, but is currently disabled.
proceed to the
"Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled" section on page
steps.
The following commands will initialize the flash filesystem, and finish
drwx
192
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-rwx
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-rwx
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config.text
vlan.dat
Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide
Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password
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