Viewing The Configuration Lock Status; Recovering From A Forgotten Password On The S4810 And Z9000 - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

Note: The CONFIGURATION mode lock corresponds to a VTY session, not a user. Therefore, if you
configure a lock and then exit CONFIGURATION mode, and another user enters CONFIGURATION
mode, when you attempt to re-enter CONFIGURATION mode, you are denied access even though you
are the one that configured the lock.
Note: If your session times out and you return to EXEC mode, the CONFIGURATION mode lock is
unconfigured.

Viewing the Configuration Lock Status

If you attempt to enter CONFIGURATION mode when another user has locked it, you may view which
user has control of CONFIGURATION mode using the command
Privilege mode.
You can then send any user a message using the
you can clear any line using the command
the user is returned to EXEC mode.
Recovering from a Forgotten Password on the S4810 and
Z9000
If you configure authentication for the console and you exit out of EXEC mode or your console session
times out, you are prompted for a password to re-enter.
If you forget your password from the S4810, use the following process:
Step Task
1 Log onto the system via console.
2 Power-cycle the chassis by all of the power modules and then switching them back on
3 On the S4810, press any key to abort
the boot process. Enter uBoot
immediately on the S4810 as
indicated by the => prompt.
Note: You must enter the CLI
commands. The system will reject
them if they are copied and pasted.
4 Set the system parameters to ignore
the startup configuration file when
the system reloads
5 Save the environment.
6 Reload the system.
send command
clear
from EXEC Privilege mode. If you clear a console session,
Command Syntax
Press any key
setenv stconfigignore true
saveenv
reset
show configuration lock
from EXEC Privilege mode. Alternatively
Command Mode
(during bootup)
uBoot
uBoot
uBoot
from EXEC
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