Cisco Nexus 5000 Series - Troubleshooting; Recovering a Lost Password

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Troubleshooting
This chapter describes basic troubleshooting methods used to resolve issues with a Cisco Nexus 5000
Series switch. This chapter includes the following sections:
• Recovering a Lost Password, page 1-1
• Using Ethanalyzer, page 1-3
• Troubleshooting Fibre Channel, page 1-5
• show tech-support Command, page 1-8
• Default Settings, page 1-16
Recovering a Lost Password
This section describes how to recover a lost network administrator password using the console port of
the switch.
You can recover the network administrator password using one of two methods:
• From the CLI with a username that has network-admin privileges
• By power cycling the switch
This section includes the following topics:
• Using the CLI with Network-Admin Privileges, page 1-2
• Power Cycling the Switch, page 1-2