Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Troubleshooting Manual page 43

Troubleshooting Installations, Upgrades, and Reboots
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
Establish a terminal session on the console port of the active supervisor module.
Step 2 switch# reload
Example:
switch# reload
This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
2013 Jun 7 13:09:56 switch %$ VDC-1 %$
%PLATFORM-2-PFM_SYSTEM_RESET:
Manual system restart from Command Line Interface
writing reset reason 9,
..
..
Autobooting bootflash:/n9000-dk9.x.x.x.bin bootflash:/n...
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Booting nx-os image: bootflash:/n9000-dk9.x.x.x.bin....(---->
Press Ctrl + C)
....Aborting Image Boot
loader>
Step 3 loader> boot n9000-dk9.x.x.x.bin
Example:
loader> boot n9000-dk9.x.x.x.bin
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Booting nx-os image: n9000-dk9.6.1.2.I1.1.gbin....
................................................
.....................Image verification OK
..
..
Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1.
A copy of each such license is available at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php and
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php
switch(boot)#
Step 4
Reset the network administrator password by following Steps 6 through 20 in
Power Cycling the Device to Recover the Administrator Password, on page
25.
GNU GRUB version 0.97
GNU GRUB version 0.97
Loader Version 3.22.0
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Reloads the device to reach the loader
prompt. You need to press Ctrl-C when
the following appears:
Booting nx-os image:
[n] Y
bootflash:/n9000-dk9.x.x.x.bin....
Restarts the device with only the nx-os
image to reach the switch boot prompt.
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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide, Release 7.x
Recovering the Administrator Password
Purpose
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