Switch Lockout; Resetting The Switch; Figure 4-3 Web Configurator: Change Password At Login - ZyXEL Communications GS-3012 User Manual

GS-3012/GS-3012F User's Guide

4.4 Switch Lockout

You can be locked out from managing the switch if another administrator is currently logged in. You must wait
until the other administrator has logged out before you can log in.
Any of the following could also lock you (and others) out from using in-band management to manage the switch.
1. Deleting the management VLAN (default is VLAN 1).
2. With port-based VLAN, disabling the CPU in-band switch management port option for all ports.
3. Incorrectly configuring the access control settings (this could also lock you out from performing out-of-band
management).
4. Disabling all ports.
5. Assigning minimum bandwidth to the CPU port. If you limit bandwidth to the CPU port, you may find that
the switch performs sluggishly or not at all.
Be careful not to lock yourself and others out of the switch.

4.5 Resetting the Switch

If you lock yourself (and others) out of the switch, you can try using the MGMT out-of-band management port or
the console port. If you still cannot correct the situation or forgot the password, you will need to reload the
factory-default configuration file.
Uploading the factory-default configuration file replaces the current configuration file with the factory-default
configuration file. This means that you will lose all previous configurations and the speed of the console port will
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Figure 4-3 Web Configurator: Change Password at Login

Introducing the Web Configurator