Service Password-Recovery - Cisco IE-3000-8TC Command Reference Manual

service password-recovery

service password-recovery
Use the service password-recovery global configuration command to enable the password-recovery
mechanism (the default). This mechanism allows an end user with physical access to the switch to hold
down the Express Setup button and interrupt the bootup process while the switch is powering up and to
assign a new password. Use the no form of this command to disable part of the password-recovery
functionality. When the password-recovery mechanism is disabled, interrupting the bootup process is
allowed only if the user agrees to set the system back to the default configuration.
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.
Command Modes Global configuration
Command History Release
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Usage Guidelines As a system administrator, you can use the no service password-recovery command to disable some of
the functionality of the password recovery feature by allowing an end user to reset a password only by
agreeing to return to the default configuration.
To use the password-recovery procedure, you must have physical access to the switch.
To delete the switch password and set a new one, follow these steps:
Step 1 Press the Express Setup button until the SETUP LED blinks green and the LED of an available switch
downlink port blinks green.
If no switch downlink port is available for your PC or laptop connection, disconnect a device from one
of the switch downlink ports. Press the Express Setup button again until the SETUP LED and the port
LED blink green.
Connect your PC or laptop to the port with the blinking green LED.
Step 2
The SETUP LED and the switch downlink port LED stop blinking and stay solid green.
Press and hold the Express Setup button. Notice that the SETUP LED starts blinking green again.
Step 3
Continue holding the button until the SETUP LED turns solid green (approximately 5 seconds). Release
the Express Setup button immediately.
This procedure deletes the password without affecting any other configuration settings. You can now
access the switch without a password through the console port or by using the device manager.
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