Reference Guide

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Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password on the S4810
and S6000
If you forget the enable password on the S4810:
If you forget the enable password on the S6000:
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Log onto the system via console.
2 Power-cycle the chassis by switching off all of the power modules and then switching them back on.
3 Press any key to abort the boot
process. You enter uBoot
immediately on the S4810, as
indicated by the => prompt.
Note: You must enter the CLI
commands. The system will reject
them if they are copied and pasted.
Press any key (during bootup)
4 Set the system parameters to ignore
the enable password when the system
reloads.
setenv enablepwdignore true uBoot
5 Save the environment. saveenv uBoot
6 Reload the system. reset uBoot
7 Configure a new enable password. enable {secret | password} CONFIGURATION
8 Save the running-config to the
startup-config.
copy running-config startup-config EXEC Privilege
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Log onto the system via console.
2 Power-cycle the chassis by switching off all of the power modules and then switching them back on.
3 Press any key to abort the boot
process. You enter grub on the
S6000, as indicated by the “grub>”
prompt.
Note: You must enter the CLI
commands. The system will reject
them if they are copied and pasted.
Press any key (during bootup)
4 The Grub menu displays. Enter c to get to the Grub boot load command line prompt “grub>.”
5 Set the system parameters to ignore
the enable password when the system
reloads and save the environment.
grub>setenv enablepwdignore=true
grub>save_env enablepwdignore
uBoot
6 Reload the system. reset uBoot