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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 Command Reference
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Chapter 2 Cisco
Catalyst
Blade Switch 3030 Cisco IOS Commands
service password-recovery
If the password-recovery mechanism is disabled, this message appears:
The password-recovery mechanism has been triggered, but
is currently disabled. Access to the boot loader prompt
through the password-recovery mechanism is disallowed at
this point. However, if you agree to let the system be
reset back to the default system configuration, access
to the boot loader prompt can still be allowed.
Would you like to reset the system back to the default configuration (y/n)?
If the user chooses not to reset the system to the default configuration, the normal boot process
continues, as if the break key had not been entered. If you choose to reset the system to the default
configuration, the configuration file in flash memory is deleted, and the VLAN database file,
flash:vlan.dat
(if present), is deleted.
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
Note
If you use the
no service password-recovery
command to control end user access to passwords, we
recommend that you save a copy of the config file in a location away from the switch in case the end user
uses the password recovery procedure and sets the system back to default values. Do not keep a backup
copy of the config file on the switch.
If the switch is operating in VTP transparent mode, we recommend that you also save a copy of the
vlan.dat file in a location away from the switch.
You can verify if password recovery is enabled or disabled by entering the
show version
privileged
EXEC command.
Examples
This example shows how to disable password recovery on a switch so that a user can only reset a
password by agreeing to return to the default configuration.
Switch(config)#
no service-password recovery
Switch(config)#
exit
Related Commands
Command
Description
show version
Displays version information for the hardware and firmware.