Power Cycling The Switch - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Power Cycling the Switch

Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# username admin password <new password>
switch(config)# exit
Step 3
Save the configuration.
Example:
switch# copy running-config startup-config
Power Cycling the Switch
If you cannot start a session on the switch that has network-admin privileges, you must recover the network
administrator password by power cycling the switch.
This procedure disrupts all traffic on the switch.
Caution
You cannot recover the administrator password from a Telnet or SSH session. You must have access to
Note
the local console connection.
To recover the network administrator password by power cycling the switch, follow these steps:
Establish a terminal session on the console port of the supervisor module.
Procedure
Step 1 Power cycle the switch.
Step 2 Press the Ctrl-] key sequence from the console port session when the switch begins the Cisco NX-OS software
boot sequence to enter the boot prompt mode.
Note
Example:
Ctrl-]
switch(boot)#
Step 3 Reset the network administrator password.
Example:
switch(boot)# configure terminal
switch(boot-config)# admin-password <new password>
switch(boot-config)# exit
Step 4
Display the bootflash: contents to locate the Cisco NX-OS software image file.
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In releases of Cisco NX-OS prior to 4.0(1a) the key sequence to enter the boot prompt mode was
Ctrl-Shift-B.
Troubleshooting
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