[c-nsp] Sup720 password recovery problems

[Sam Stickland]

Thanks Jeff,

That's exactly what it was, and now I feel more than slightly silly.

Oh well.. :)

Sam


On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Tantsura, Jeff wrote:

> Have you read this part?
>
> Press Break on the terminal keyboard right after the RP gains control of the
> console port. On the Catalyst 6000 that runs Cisco IOS Software, the SP
> boots first. After it has booted, it turns control over to the RP. After the
> RP gains control, initiate the break sequence. The RP gains control of the
> console port when you see this message. (Do not initiate the break sequence
> until you see this message):
>
> 00:00:03: %OIR-6-CONSOLE: Changing console ownership to route processor
>
>
> --
> Jeff Tantsura  CCIE# 11416
> Senior IP Network Engineer
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Stickland [mailto:sam_ml at spacething.org]
> Sent: 26 July 2005 14:38
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] Sup720 password recovery problems
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get into a Sup720 for which the password isn't known. In
> fact, I'll be happy just wiping the configuration completely.
>
> Unfortunately dispite doing 'confreg 0x2142' in the rom monitor, when I
> boot it up it, it's reset itself back to 0x2102. It's almost as if the IOS
> is overwritting the register value somehow.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how this might be happening, and how I can get
> into the device?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam
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