Procedure With Password Recovery Disabled - Cisco Catalyst 9400 System Management Configuration Manual

Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled

Device: SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=0
Step 12
Boot the device with the packages.conf file from flash.
Device: boot flash:packages.conf
Step 13
After the device boots up, disable manual boot on the device.
Device(config)# no boot manual
Procedure with Password Recovery Disabled
If the password-recovery mechanism is disabled, this message appears:
The password-recovery mechanism has been triggered, but
is currently disabled.
through the password-recovery mechanism is disallowed at
this point.
reset back to the default system configuration, access
to the boot loader prompt can still be allowed.
Would you like to reset the system back to the default configuration (y/n)?
Caution Returning the device to the default configuration results in the loss of all existing configurations. We recommend
that you contact your system administrator to verify if there are backup device and VLAN configuration files.
• If you enter n (no), the normal boot process continues as if the Ctrl-C had not been pressed; you cannot
• If you enter y (yes), the configuration file in flash memory and the VLAN database file are deleted. When
Procedure
Step 1 Choose to continue with password recovery and delete the existing configuration:
Would you like to reset the system back to the default configuration (y/n)? Y
Step 2
Display the contents of flash memory:
Device: dir flash:
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Access to the boot loader prompt
However, if you agree to let the system be
access the boot loader prompt, and you cannot enter a new password. You see the message:
Press Enter to continue........
the default configuration loads, you can reset the password.
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