Dell PowerConnect 6224P User's Guide - Page 104
Password Recovery Procedure, Reformat and Restore File System, enable
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Password Recovery Procedure Use option 12 when a password is lost. This allows the switch to boot one time without prompting for a console password. Note that the enable password is not prompted for in this mode. To recover a lost password for the local terminal only: 1. From the Boot menu, select 12 and press . The password is deleted. 2. The boot process resumes. 3. To ensure switch security, reconfigure passwords for applicable management methods. Reformat and Restore File System Use option 13 to format the flash file system if file corruption is observed. Certain critical files are copied from flash to RAM, the flash file system is invalidated and formatted. Then, the files are copied from RAM back to flash and the switch is rebooted. The following files are copied: • image1 • image2 • startup-config • vpd.bin • hpc_broad.cfg • boot.dim 1. From the Boot menu, select 13 and press . The following messages display as the file system in RAM is formatted: Instantiating /RamDisk/ as rawFs, device = 0x20001 Formatting /RamDisk/ for DOSFS Instantiating /RamDisk/ as rawFs, device = 0x20001 Formatting.../RamDisk/: file system is marked clean, skipping check OK. Then, the file system is copied from flash memory to RAM: copying file /DskVol/files/image1 -> /RamDisk/image1 copying file /DskVol/files/image2 -> /RamDisk/image2 copying file /DskVol/files/startup-config -> /RamDisk/startup-config ... 2. The system reboots. 104 Configuring Dell PowerConnect