Password Recovery for Nexus Switches

• Connect to the Nexus switch via serial console
• Power on the device
• During system bootup, type Ctrl-] (Ctrl-Key and right square bracket, that's Strg + Alt Gr + 9 on german keyboards) multiple times and wait until you get to the switch(boot)# prompt.
• Type admin-password Ad123min
• 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 admin and Password Ad123min