Recovering From A Forgotten Enable Password On The Z9000 - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

6. The Z9000 boots up with the factory default configuration. The default Dell Networking OS system prompt displays when the
system boot up is complete.
NOTE: Do not press any keys during the boot-up process.
7. Copy the startup-config into the running-config.
EXEC Privilege mode
copy flash://startup-config running-config
8. Display the content of the startup-config.
EXEC Privilege mode
show running-config
9. Remove the previous authentication configuration.
config t
10. Set the new authentication parameters. The remainder of the previous configuration is preserved.
no enable password
enable password [newpassword]
exit
11. Save the running-config to the startup-config in flash by default.
write-mem
12. Save the running-config.
EXEC Privilege mode
copy running-config startup-config

Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password on the Z9000

Use the following commands if you forget the enable password.
1. Log onto the system using the console.
2. Power-cycle the chassis by switching off all of the power modules and then switching them back on.
3. Press any key to abort the boot process. You enter grub on the Z9000, as indicated by the grub> prompt.
(during bootup)
hit any key
NOTE: You must enter the CLI commands. The system rejects them if they are copied and pasted.
4. The Grub menu displays. Enter c to get to the Grub boot load command line grub> prompt.
5. Set the system parameters to ignore the enable password when the system reloads and save the environment.
uBoot mode
grub>setenv enablepwdignore=true
grub>save_env enablepwdignore
6. Reload the system.
uBoot mode
reset
7. Configure a new enable password.
CONFIGURATION mode
enable {secret | password}
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