SWITCHING - 3x50 Password recovery

 3x50 Password recovery

Password recovery on 3x50 do NOT follow the 3750 family procedure

"Power cycle switch and hold the Mode button until the status LED gets amber, 

that will get you in Boot Loader prompt (Switch:)"

Switch: flash_init

Switch: SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=1  /////Initialize flash and Boot Variables////

Switch: SWITCH_DISABLE_PASSWORD_RECOVERY=0

Switch: boot ////Boot the Switch////

---System Configuration Dialog ---

Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no /////Skip Initial Configand go to enable (No password required)/////

Press RETURN to get started!

Switch> enable

Switch#

Switch# configure terminal

Switch(config)# no enable password

Switch(config)# no enable secret

        Switch(config)# enable secret <New Password> /////Remove and Change Password//////

Switch(config)# no system ignore startupconfig switch all /////Re-enable reading startup configand disable password recovery/////

Switch(config)# system disable password recovery switch all

Switch(config)# end

Switch# write memory“or” copy running-configstartup-config ////Save Changes////