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Using Recovery Procedures
Step 12 Rename the configuration file to its original name:
switch# rename flash:config.text.old flash:config.text
Step 13 Copy the configuration file into memory:
switch# copy flash:config.text system:running-config
Source filename [config.text]?
Destination filename [running-config]?
Press Return in response to the confirmation prompts.
The configuration file is now reloaded, and you can use these normal commands to change the password.
Step 14 Enter global configuration mode:
switch# configure terminal
Step 15 Change the password:
switch(config)# enable secret <password>
or
switch(config)# enable password <password>
Step 16 Return to privileged EXEC mode:
switch(config)# exit
switch#
Step 17 Write the running configuration to the startup configuration file:
switch# copy running-config startup-config
The new password is now included in the startup configuration.
Recovering from a Command Switch Failure
This section describes how to recover from a failed command switch. You can configure a redundant
command switch group by using the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP). For more information, see
Chapter 7, “Clustering Switches.”
Note HSRP is the preferred method for supplying redundancy to a cluster.
If you have not configured a standby command switch, and your command switch loses power or fails
in some other way, management contact with the member switches is lost, and you must install a new
command switch. However, connectivity between switches that are still connected is not affected, and
the member switches forward packets as usual. You can manage the members as standalone switches
through the console port or, if they have IP addresses, through the other management interfaces.