Reference Information; Console Port Signals - Cisco RSP8 Installation And Configuration Manual

Reference Information

Press Return. After some interface information, the prompt appears as follows:
Step 9
Router >
Use the enable command to enter privileged EXEC configuration mode. The prompt changes to the
Step 10
following:
Router #
Use the show configuration privileged EXEC command to display the enable password in the
Step 11
configuration file.
At the privileged EXEC prompt, use the configure terminal command to enter global configuration
Step 12
mode. You are prompted as follows:
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
Router(config)#
Using the config-register 0xvalue command, change the configuration register value back to its original
Step 13
value (noted in
Step 14 Exit global configuration mode using Ctrl-Z or by typing end.
Reboot the router and enable it using the recovered password.
Step 15
This completes the procedure for recovering a lost password.
Reference Information
The following sections include important reference information:
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Console Port Signals

The console port on the RSP8 is an EIA/TIA-232, DCE, DB-25 receptacle. Both Data Set Ready (DSR)
and Data Carrier Detect (DCD) are active when the system is running. The Request To Send (RTS) signal
tracks the state of the Clear To Send (CTS) input. The console port does not support modem control or
hardware flow control. The console port requires a straight-through EIA/TIA-232 cable.
signals used on this port.
Table 5
Pin
1
2
Route Switch Processor (RSP8) Installation and Configuration Guide
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Step 3) or change it to a value of 0x0102 (factory default).
Console Port Signals, page 80
Auxiliary Port Signals, page 81
Console and Auxiliary Y-Cable Pinouts, page 81
Software Configuration Register Settings, page 82
Using Flash Memory, page 88
Console Port Signals
Signal Direction
GND –
TxD <—
End with CNTL/Z.
Description
Ground
Transmit Data
Table 5 lists the
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