Recovering The Wm20/200/2000 Controller's Lost Password - Extreme Networks Summit WM Maintenance Manual

5 Type the sequence number of the appropriate option, given in the Authentication Service
Management menu.
Set Login Mode to Local — Type 1 if the login authentication mode was set to RADIUS-based
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authentication, and you want to revert to the local login authentication mode.
Reset Accounts and Passwords to Factory Default — Type 2 if you want to reset the login
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accounts and password to factory defaults.
Change administrator password — Type 3 if you want to change the administrator's password.
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Return to main menu — Type 4 if you want to return to the main menu.
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6 After you have used any of the first three options in the Authentication Service Management menu,
press Enter to return to the main menu.
Rescue AC Start-up Menu. Use with extreme caution.
1) Force System Recovery
2) Create System Backup Image
3) Display Backup Images
4) FTP Menu
5) Network Interface Menu
6) Manually run File System Check Utility (fsck)
7) Restore Backup Image directly from the FTP server
8) Authentication Service Management Menu
9) Reboot
WARNING! - Forcing system recovery will erase all files, and reinstall
the image installed at the factory.
Reboot will restart the system back into Normal mode.
7 Type 9. The system restarts into normal mode.
Recovering the WM20/200/2000 Controller's lost
password
To recover the WM20/200/2000 Controller's lost login password:
1 Use the serial port of the WM200/2000/100 Controller to connect to the console.
NOTE
To enter the Rescue mode, you must connect to the serial port. You can not enter the Rescue mode by
connecting to the ESA ports, or management/ETH0 port.
2 Reboot the Summit WM Controller. The following menu appears during the reboot process.
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0: Main Mode
1: Rescue Mode
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Use the number 0 and 1 keys to select which entry is highlighted.
Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the
commands before booting, or 'c' for a command-line.
Highlighted entry is 0:
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