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Troubleshooting the Cisco EtherSwitch Service Module Software
Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password When Password Recovery Is
Disabled
This section shows how to recover from a lost or forgotten password when password recovery is
disabled.
When password recovery is disabled, access to the boot loader prompt through the password-recovery
mechanism is disallowed even though the password-recovery mechanism has been triggered. If you
agree to let the system be reset to the default system configuration, access to the boot loader prompt is
then allowed, and you can set the environment variables.
Prerequisites
This recovery procedure requires that you have physical access to the Cisco EtherSwitch service module
or switch.
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service-module interface slot/port password-reset
service-module interface slot/port session
dir flash:
(Optional) load_helper filesystem:/file-url ...
boot
enable
configure terminal
enable secret password
exit
copy running-configuration startup-configuration
reload
(Optional) set
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