Difference between revisions of "Password Recovery for Nexus Switches"
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* On a Windows PC, change the keyboard layout to <code>en-US</code> | * On a Windows PC, change the keyboard layout to <code>en-US</code> | ||
* Connect to the Nexus switch ''directly'' via serial console ('''not''' over ssh/telnet/Opengear etc.) using TeraTerm or PuTTY | * Connect to the Nexus switch ''directly'' via serial console ('''not''' over ssh/telnet/Opengear etc.) using TeraTerm or PuTTY | ||
| + | The above two steps are not required any longer. Issueing the break sequence with a german keyboard through an Opengear console session works fine (<code>Strg + AltGr + 9</code>). | ||
| + | |||
* Power on the device | * Power on the device | ||
* Wait until kickstart image has booted and the POST messages have appeared. | * Wait until kickstart image has booted and the POST messages have appeared. | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 7 June 2018
- On a Windows PC, change the keyboard layout to
en-US - Connect to the Nexus switch directly via serial console (not over ssh/telnet/Opengear etc.) using TeraTerm or PuTTY
The above two steps are not required any longer. Issueing the break sequence with a german keyboard through an Opengear console session works fine (Strg + AltGr + 9).
- Power on the device
- Wait until kickstart image has booted and the POST messages have appeared.
- Right after the massage
Checking all filesystems....r. done.has appeared, issue the break sequence to get to theswitch(boot)#prompt.- The break sequence is
Ctrl + ], i.e. hold the Control-Key and hit the closing square bracket. - On a german keyboard (with US keymap activated) the Control-Key is
Strgand the closing square bracket ist on the+ * ~- Key.
- The break sequence is
- Enter the
conf tcommand - Type
admin-password Ad123min - Type
exit - Type
dir bootflash:to view bootflash content - Boot the system image, for example
load bootflash:n5000-uk9.5.1.3.N2.1b.bin - Enter the switch with username
adminand PasswordAd123min - Save configuration:
copy running-config startup-config
