Recovering From A Forgotten Enable Password On The S4810 And Z9000 - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

Ftos configuration guide for z9000 system
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Step
Task
12
Save the running-config.
Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password on the S4810
and Z9000
If you forget the enable password on the S4810:
Step
Task
1
Log onto the system via console.
2
Power-cycle the chassis by switching off all of the power modules and then switching them back on.
3
Press any key to abort the boot
process. You 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 enable password when the system
reloads.
5
Save the environment.
6
Reload the system.
7
Configure a new enable password.
8
Save the running-config to the
startup-config.
If you forget the enable password on the Z9000:
Step
Task
1
Log onto the system via console.
2
Power-cycle the chassis by switching off all of the power modules and then switching them back on.
3
Press any key to abort the boot
process. You enter grub on the
Z9000, as indicated by the "grub>"
prompt.
Note: You must enter the CLI
commands. The system will reject
them if they are copied and pasted.
4
The Grub menu displays. Enter c to get to the Grub boot load command line prompt "grub>."
Command Syntax
copy running-config startup-config
Command Syntax
Press any key
setenv enablepwdignore true
saveenv
reset
enable {secret | password}
copy running-config startup-config
Command Syntax
Press any key
Command Mode
EXEC Privilege
Command Mode
(during bootup)
uBoot
uBoot
uBoot
CONFIGURATION
EXEC Privilege
Command Mode
(during bootup)
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