Administrator Guide

Recovering from a Forgotten Password on the

S6000

If you configure authentication for the console and you exit out of EXEC mode or your console session times out, you are prompted for a

password to re-enter.

If you forget your password, follow these steps:

1. Log onto the system using the console.

2. Power-cycle the chassis by disconnecting and then reconnecting the power cord.

3. During bootup, press Esc when prompted to abort the boot process.

You enter Boot-Line Interface (BLI) mode at the BOOT_USER# prompt.

4. At the BLI prompt, set the system parameter to ignore the enable password and reload the system:

BOOT_USER# ignore enable-password

BOOT_USER# reload

NOTE: You must manually enter each CLI command. The system rejects a command if you copy and paste it in the

command line.

5. Configure a new password.

CONFIGURATION mode

enable {secret | password}

6. Save the change in the running configuration to the startup configuration.

EXEC Privilege mode

copy running-config startup-config

Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password

Use the following commands if you forget the enable password.

1. Log onto the system using the console.

2. Power-cycle the chassis by switching off all of the power modules and then switching them back on.

3. During bootup, press Esc when prompted to abort the boot process.

You enter Boot-Line Interface (BLI) mode at the BOOT_USER# prompt.

NOTE:

You must enter the CLI commands. The system rejects them if they are copied and pasted.

4. Set the system parameters to ignore the enable password when the system reloads.

BOOT_USER# ignore enable-password

BOOT_USER# reload

5. Reload the system.

BOOT_USER mode

reset

6. Configure a new enable password.

CONFIGURATION mode

enable {password | secret | sha256–password}

7. Save the running-config to the startup-config.

EXEC Privilege mode

copy running-config startup-config

Recovering from a Failed Start on the S6000

A switch that does not start correctly might be trying to boot from a corrupted Dell Networking OS image or from a mis-specified location.

In this case, you can restart the system and interrupt the boot process to point the system to another boot location.

1. Power-cycle the chassis (pull the power cord and reinsert it).

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