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Catalyst 2975 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 38 Troubleshooting
Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password
Step 3
Power off the standalone switch or the entire switch stack.
Step 4
Reconnect the power cord to the standalone switch or the stack master and, 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 38-4
, 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 38-6
, and follow the steps.
Step 5
After recovering the password, reload the standalone switch or the stack master:
Switch>
reload
slot
<
stack-master-member-number
>
Proceed with reload? [confirm]
y
Step 6
Power on the rest of the switch stack.
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
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