The Boot Management Menu - Lenovo RackSwitch G8296 Installation Manual

The Boot Management Menu

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The Boot Management menu allows you to switch the NOS image, reset the default
user password, or to recover from a failed software installation.
You can interrupt the startup process and enter the Boot Management menu from
the serial console port. When the system displays the following message, press
<Shift + B>. The Boot Management menu will appear.
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
INIT: reboot: Restarting system
...
Press shift-B for startup menu or shift-R for recovery mode: ..
Running Startup Menu
...
Boot Management Menu
I - Change booting image
R - Boot in recovery mode (tftp and xmodem download of images to
recover switch)
P - Password reset
Q - Reboot
E - Exit
Please choose your menu option:
The Boot Management menu allows you to perform the following actions:
To change the booting image, press <I> and follow the screen prompts.
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To boot in recovery mode, press <R>.
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To reset the default user password, press <P> and follow the screen prompts.
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To reload the switch, press <Q>. The reloading process will start again.
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To exit the Boot Management menu, press <E>. The reloading process
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continues.
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