Lab 2: Password Recovery on a Catalyst 5500-Part II

Lab 2: Password Recovery on a Catalyst 5500 ”Part II

Lab Walkthrough

For the first 30 seconds during switch initialization, the password and enable password are both the Enter key. As soon as the Cisco Systems Console message appears, you can begin configuration.

First, enter enable mode. The switch will prompt you for a password; simply press the Enter key. Second, configure a new password with the set password command. Again, the switch will prompt you for an old password, press Enter again. Finally, before 30 seconds are up, configure a new enable password. This is done with the command set enablepass. For the last time, the switch will prompt you for an old password; press Enter one more time. The 30 seconds needed to set the passwords can go by quickly. If you're having trouble getting the passwords set, try setting the new password to just the Enter key. This allows you to type Enter twice when prompted for the old and new passwords. Example 1-43 illustrates this process of key-ins.

Example 1-43 Password Recovery on a Catalyst 5500

 Console>  en  Enter password:  -Enter key pressed Console> (enable)  set pass  Enter old password:  -Enter key pressed Enter new password:  -Enter key or new password Retype new password:  -Enter or new password Password changed. Console> (enable)  set enablepass  Enter old password:  -Enter key pressed Enter new password:  -Enter key or new password Retype new password:  -Enter or new password Password changed. Console> (enable)