Cisco Catalyst 9500 Manual page 344

Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: No
Step 4 At the switch prompt, enter privileged EXEC mode.
Device> enable
Device#
Step 5
Copy the startup configuration to running configuration.
Device# copy startup-config running-config Destination filename [running-config]?
Press Return in response to the confirmation prompts. The configuration file is now reloaded, and you can
change the password.
Step 6 Enter global configuration mode and change the enable password.
Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# enable secret password
Step 7 Return to privileged EXEC mode:
Device(config)# exit
Device#
Step 8 Write the running configuration to the startup configuration file.
Device# copy running-config startup-config
Step 9 Confirm that manual boot mode is enabled.
Device# show boot
BOOT variable = flash:packages.conf;
Manual Boot = yes
Enable Break = yes
Step 10 Reload the device.
Device# reload
Step 11 Set the SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG parameter to 0.
Device(config)# no system ignore startupconfig switch all
Device(config)# end
Device# write memory
Step 12 Boot the device with the packages.conf file from flash.
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