Concept Guide

Recovering from a Forgotten Password on the S6000
If you congure 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 Congure a new password.
CONFIGURATION mode
enable {secret | password}
6 Save the change in the running conguration to the startup conguration.
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 o 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 Congure a new enable password.
CONFIGURATION mode
enable {password | secret | sha256–password}
7 Save the running-cong to the startup-cong.
EXEC Privilege mode
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