HPE MSR3000 - Handling Console Login Password Loss; Examining the Password Recovery Capability Setting

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Restore to Factory
Default Configuration
No Yes
Delete the next-startup configuration files and
load the factory-default configuration.
To disable password recovery capability:
Step
Command
Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2. Disable password recovery
capability.
undo password-recovery enable
By default, password
recovery capability is
enabled.
When password recovery capability is disabled, you cannot downgrade the device software to a
version that does not support the capability through the BootWare menus. You can do so at the CLI,
but the BootWare menu password configured becomes effective again.
Handling console login password loss
CAUTION:
Handling console login password loss causes service outage.
The method for handling console login password loss depends on the password recovery capability
setting (see Figure 9).
Figure 9 Handling console login password loss
Examining the password recovery capability setting
1. Reboot the router.
System is starting...
Password recovery
capability enabled?
Yes
No
Save the running configuration
Skip Authentication
for Console Login
Reboot the router
Configure new passwords
in system view
Console login password lost
Reboot the router to access
EXTENDED-BOOTWARE menu
Skip Current System
Configuration
Restore to Factory Default
Configuration