Reset The Node To Factory Default Setting - Alcatel-Lucent 7210 SAS M Configuration Manual

Configuration and Image Loading

Reset the node to factory default setting

From release 4.0 and onwards, the default BOF password can be modified by the user. To edit the
BOF parameters, user needs to provide the correct password. If the user forgets the password and
fails to provide a correct password after three attempts, the system prompts the user to reset the
BOF password to factory default. As a security measure, to prevent a malicious user from using it
to gain access to the configuration files, when the password is reset to default, the system also
resets the flash to factory defaults (that is, it removes all the files from the flash except for the boot
image file (cf1:\boot.tim) and Timos image file (cf1:\both.tim)) and reboots the node with the
factory default settings. The node is rebooted after the password is reset, to boot up with the
factory default settings. After boot up, the user needs to setup the box using the same steps as used
to boot the box the first time when it was received from the factory. User can use the factory
default password 'password' to edit the BOF parameters after the boot up subsequent to reboot and
choose to change the password again. The bof password can be changed only in the Timos CLI.
Note 1: The BOF password can be changed from default value to any other user defined value
only at the Timos level.
Note 2: It is highly recommended that user does not rename cf1:\boot.tim and cf1:\both.tim, if the
system needs to retain them during the password recovery procedure. Additionally, it is highly
recommended that the user takes a backup of all the image files, configuration files and other data.
The following logs show the system prompts displayed on the console when user forgets the
password and chooses to reset the password to factory default setting. Also, shown are the BOF
contents after and before the reset. Note that the BOF parameters are set to default after password
reset.
TiMOS BOOT LOADER
CPLD Version: 2.1
Time from clock is FRI AUG 19 09:22:46 2011 UTC
USB:
scanning bus for devices...
1 USB Device(s) found
Number of blocks in device 0 is 0
Number of bytes per block in device 0 is 0
Switching serial output to sync mode...
Looking for cf1:/bof.cfg ... OK, reading
Contents of Boot Options File on cf1:
primary-image
primary-config
#eth-mgmt Port Settings:
no
eth-mgmt-address
eth-mgmt-route
eth-mgmt-autoneg
eth-mgmt-duplex
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ftp://*:*@135.250.27.40/xxx/xx/xxx/xx/xxx/both.tim
cf1:\sasm.cfg
eth-mgmt-disabled
10.135.20.115/24 active
0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 10.135.20.1
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