Procedure With Password Recovery Disabled - Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Software Configuration Manual

Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password
Copy the configuration file into memory:
Step 9
Switch# copy flash:config.text system:running-config
Source filename [config.text]?
Destination filename [running-config]?
Press Return in response to the confirmation prompts.
The configuration file is now reloaded, and you can change the password.
Enter global configuration mode:
Step 10
Switch# configure terminal
Change the password:
Step 11
Switch (config)# enable secret password
The secret password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric characters, can start with a number, is case
sensitive, and allows spaces but ignores leading spaces.
Return to privileged EXEC mode:
Step 12
Switch (config)# exit
Switch#
Write the running configuration to the startup configuration file:
Step 13
Switch# copy running-config startup-config
The new password is now in the startup configuration.
Note
Step 14 Reload the switch or switch stack:
Switch# reload

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)?
Returning the switch to the default configuration results in the loss of all existing configurations. We
Caution
recommend that you contact your system administrator to verify if there are backup switch and VLAN
configuration files.
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This procedure is likely to leave your switch virtual interface in a shutdown state. You can see
which interface is in this state by entering the show running-config privileged EXEC command.
To re-enable the interface, enter the interface vlan vlan-id global configuration command, and
specify the VLAN ID of the shutdown interface. With the switch in interface configuration
mode, enter the no shutdown command.
Access to the boot loader prompt
However, if you agree to let the system be
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