Recovering From A Forgotten Enable Password; Recovering From A Failed Start - Dell S4820T Configuration Manual

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Recovering from a Forgotten Enable Password

Use the following commands if you forget the enable password.

Log onto the system using the console.

Power-cycle the chassis by switching off all of the power modules and then switching them back on.

Hit any key to abort the boot process. You enter uBoot immediately, as indicated by the => prompt.

(during bootup)

NOTE: You must enter the CLI commands. The system rejects them if they are copied and

Set the system parameters to ignore the enable password when the system reloads.

setenv enablepwdignore true

Reload the system.

Configure a new enable password.

CONFIGURATION mode

enable {secret | password}

Save the running-config to the startup-config.

EXEC Privilege mode

copy running-config startup-config

A system that does not start correctly might be attempting to boot from a corrupted Dell Networking OS

image or from a mis-specified location.

In this case, you can restart the system and interrupt the boot process to point the system to another

boot location. Use the setenv command, as described in the following steps. For details about the

setenv command, its supporting commands, and other commands that can help recover from a failed

start, see the u-Boot chapter in the Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.

Power-cycle the chassis (pull the power cord and reinsert it).

Hit any key to abort the boot process. You enter uBoot immediately, the => prompt indicates

(during bootup)

press any key

Assign the new location to the Dell Networking OS image it uses when the system reloads.

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