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Chapter 4 Administering the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
Recovery Management
You should understand the following regarding the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
administrator login credentials:
• There is only one set of administrator login credentials at one time.
• Administrator login credentials are set (that is, changed from the default)
during initial configuration.
• Administrator login credentials may be reset. For more information, see
Resetting the Appliance Administrator Password, page 4-24.
• This recovery procedure entails replacing the administrator login credentials
with a new account name and password.
To reset the administrator login credentials, follow these steps:
Step 1 Connect a console to the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance console port. For the
location of the console port, see Figure 1-3 on page 1-5.
Step 2 Power on the console.
Step 3 Place the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance Recovery CD ROM into the appliance CD
ROM drive.
Step 4 Power on the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance. (Or if already running, reboot the
appliance. For more information, see Rebooting the Appliance via Serial Console,
page 4-4.)
Result: The system displays the following message on the console:
ACS Appliance Recovery Options
[1] Reset administrator account
[2] Restore hard disk image from CD
[3] Exit and reboot
Enter menu item number: [ ]
Step 5 Type 1.
Result: The system displays the following prompt:
Hit the Return key to log in.
Step 6 Type Y.
Result: The system displays the following prompt:
Please remove this recovery CD from the drive,
then hit RETURN to restart the system: