Assigning A Name To The Ace - Cisco 4700M Administration Manual

Setting Up the ACE
Detailed Steps
Follow these steps to reset the password that allows the Admin user access to the ACE:
Connect to the console port on the ACE.
Step 1
Log in to the ACE. See the
Step 2
Reboot the ACE. See the
Step 3
During the bootup process, output appears on the console terminal. Press ESC when the "Starting
Step 4
services..." message appears on the terminal (see the example below). The setup mode appears. If you
miss the time window, wait for the ACE to properly complete booting, reboot the ACE, and try again to
access the setup mode by pressing ESC.
Daughter Card Found. Continuing...
INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
Testing PCI path ....
This may take some time, Please wait ....
PCI test loop , count 0
PCI path is ready
Starting services... <<<<< Press ESC when you see this message
Entering setup sequence...
Reset Admin password [y/n] (default: n): y
Resetting admin password to factory default...
.
Starting sysmgr processes.. Please wait...Done!!!
switch login:
The setup mode prompts if you want to reset the admin password. Enter y. The "Resetting admin
Step 5
password to factory default" message appears. The ACE deletes the admin user password configuration
from the startup-configuration and resets the password back to the factory default value of admin.
The boot process continues as normal and you are able to enter the admin password at the login prompt.

Assigning a Name to the ACE

This section describes how to specify a hostname for the ACE or for the peer ACE in a redundant
configuration. The hostname is used to identify the ACE and for the command-line prompts. If you
establish sessions to multiple devices, the hostname helps you track where you enter commands. By
default, the hostname for the ACE is "switch."
Restrictions
Only the Admin context is accessible through the console port.
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"Connecting and Logging In to the ACE"
"Restarting the ACE" section.
Chapter 1 Setting Up the ACE
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