Dell Force10 MXL Blade - Recovering from a Forgotten Password; Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password

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You can then send any user a message using the send command from EXEC Privilege mode. Alternatively
you can clear any line using the
clear command from EXEC Privilege mode. If you clear a console session,
the user is returned to EXEC mode.
Recovering from a Forgotten Password
If you configure authentication for the console and you exit out of EXEC mode or your console session
times out, you are prompted to re-enter the password.
If you forget your password, follow these steps:
Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password
If you forget the enable password, follow these steps:
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Log onto the system using the console.
2 Power-cycle the chassis by switching off all of the power modules and then switching them back on.
3 Hit any key to abort the boot process.
You enter uBoot i mme id at ely, as
indicated by the => prompt.
hit any key (during bootup)
4 Set the system parameters to ignore
the startup configuration file when
the system reloads.
setenv stconfigignore true
uBoot
5 To save the changes use the saveenv
command.
saveenv
uBoot
6 Reload the system.
reset
uBoot
7 Copy startup-config.bak to the
running config.
copy flash://startup-config.bak running-config
EXEC Privilege
8 Remove all authentication statements
you might have for the console.
no authentication login
no password
LINE
9 Save the running-config.
copy running-config startup-config
EXEC Privilege
10 Set the system parameters to use the
startup configuration file when the
system reloads.
setenv stconfigignore false
uBoot
11 Save the running-config.
copy running-config startup-config
EXEC Privilege
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Log onto the system via console.