Reloading The Fwsm From The Switch; Troubleshooting Passwords And Aaa; Clearing The Application Partition Passwords And Aaa Settings - Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Configuration Manual

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Chapter 17
Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Firewall Services Module

Reloading the FWSM from the Switch

If you need to reload the FWSM from the switch into the current partition, enter the command for your
operating system. See the
page 2-13

Troubleshooting Passwords and AAA

If you forget passwords, or you create a lockout situation because of AAA settings, the following
sections describe how to recover:

Clearing the Application Partition Passwords and AAA Settings

If you forget the login and enable passwords, or you create a lockout situation because of AAA settings,
you can reset the passwords and portions of AAA configuration to the default values. You must log into
the maintenance partition to perform this procedure:
Step 1
To boot the FWSM into the maintenance partition, enter the command for your operating system:
To session into the FWSM, enter the command for your operating system:
Step 2
Step 3
To log into the maintenance partition as root, enter the following command:
Login: root
Enter the password at the prompt:
Step 4
Password: password
By default, the password is "cisco."
OL-6392-01
"Resetting the FWSM or Booting from a Specific Partition" section on
for other options.
For Cisco IOS software, enter the following command:
Router# hw-module module mod_num reset
For Catalyst operating system software, enter the following command:
Console> (enable) reset mod_num
Clearing the Application Partition Passwords and AAA Settings, page 17-9
Recovering the Maintenance Partition Passwords, page 17-10
For Cisco IOS software, enter the following command:
Router# hw-module module mod_num reset cf:1
For Catalyst operating system software, enter the following command:
Console> (enable) reset mod_num cf:1
For Cisco IOS software, enter the following command:
Router# session slot mod_num processor 1
For Catalyst operating system software, enter the following command:
Console> (enable) session mod_num
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide
Troubleshooting the Firewall Services Module
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