Specifications

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9 Recovering the Summit WM Controller’s lost
password
The Summit WM Software enables you to recover the Summit WM Controller via the Rescue mode if
you have lost its login password.
The Rescue mode provides the following options via its Authentication Service Management Menu to
recover the Summit WM Controller:
● Set Login Mode to Local — Use this option if the login authentication mode was set to RADIUS-
based authentication, and you want to revert to the local login authentication mode.
● Reset Accounts and Passwords to Factory Default — Use this option if you want to reset the login
accounts and password to factory defaults.
● Change administrator password — Use this option if you want to change the administrator’s
password.
NOTE
You must use the serial connection to Summit WM Controller to recover its lost login password.
NOTE
The procedure starts with a reboot.
Recovering the WM100/1000 Controller’s lost
password
To recover the WM100/1000 Controller’s lost login password:
1 Use the serial port of the WM100/1000 Controller to connect to the console.
NOTE
To enter the Rescue mode, you must connect to the serial port. You can not enter the Rescue mode by
connecting to the ESA ports, or management/ETH0 port.