Configuration and Image Loading
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Reset the node to factory default setting
From release 4.0 and onwards, the default BOF password can be modified by the user. To edit the 
BOF parameters, user needs to provide the correct password. If the user forgets the password and 
fails to provide a correct password after three attempts, the system prompts the user to reset the 
BOF password to factory default. As a security measure, to prevent a malicious user from using it 
to gain access to the configuration files, when the password is reset to default, the system also 
resets the flash to factory defaults (that is, it removes all the files from the flash except for the boot 
image file (cf1:\boot.tim) and Timos image file (cf1:\both.tim)) and reboots the node with the 
factory default settings. The node is rebooted after the password is reset, to boot up with the 
factory default settings. After boot up, the user needs to setup the box using the same steps as used 
to boot the box the first time when it was received from the factory. User can use the factory 
default password ‘password’ to edit the BOF parameters after the boot up subsequent to reboot and 
choose to change the password again. The bof password can be changed only in the Timos CLI.
Note 1: The BOF password can be changed from default value to any other user defined value 
only at the Timos level.
Note 2: It is highly recommended that user does not rename cf1:\boot.tim and cf1:\both.tim, if the 
system needs to retain them during the password recovery procedure. Additionally, it is highly 
recommended that the user takes a backup of all the image files, configuration files and other data.
The following logs show the system prompts displayed on the console when user forgets the 
password and chooses to reset the password to factory default setting. Also, shown are the BOF 
contents after and before the reset. Note that the BOF parameters are set to default after password 
reset.
TiMOS BOOT LOADER
CPLD Version: 2.1
Time from clock is FRI AUG 19 09:22:46 2011 UTC
USB:   USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus for devices...
1 USB Device(s) found
Number of blocks in device 0 is 0
Number of bytes per block in device 0 is 0
Switching serial output to sync mode...   done
Looking for cf1:/bof.cfg ... OK, reading
Contents of Boot Options File on cf1:
    primary-image  ftp://*:*@135.250.27.40/xxx/xx/xxx/xx/xxx/both.tim
    primary-config cf1:\sasm.cfg
#eth-mgmt Port Settings:
    no  eth-mgmt-disabled
    eth-mgmt-address   10.135.20.115/24 active
    eth-mgmt-route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 10.135.20.1
    eth-mgmt-autoneg
    eth-mgmt-duplex    full