HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration - Page 664

Recovering a Lost Password Chapter 50 Troubleshooting Send feedback to [email protected] Step 2 Step 3 roles:network-admin network-operator Assign a new network administrator password if your username has network-admin privileges. switch# configure terminal switch(config)# username admin password switch(config)# exit switch# Save the configuration. switch# copy running-config startup-config Power Cycling the Switch If you cannot start a session on the switch that has network-admin privileges, you must recover the network administrator password by power cycling the switch. Caution This procedure disrupts all traffic on the switch. Note You cannot recover the administrator password from a Telnet or SSH session. You must have access to the local console connection. To recover the network administrator password by power cycling the switch, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Establish a terminal session on the console port of the supervisor module. Power cycle the switch. Press the Ctrl-] key sequence from the console port session when the switch begins the Cisco NX-OS software boot sequence to enter the boot prompt mode. Ctrl-] switch(boot)# Reset the network administrator password. switch(boot)# configure terminal switch(boot-config)# admin-password switch(boot-config)# exit switch(boot)# Display the bootflash: contents to locate the Cisco NX-OS software image file. switch(boot)# dir bootflash: Load the Cisco NX-OS system software image. In the following example, the system image filename is nx-os.bin: switch(boot) # load bootflash:nx-os.bin Log in to the switch using the new administrator password. switch login: admin Password: 50-2 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide OL-16597-01