[c-nsp] Cisco 2820 Password Recovery

[Crist Clark]

>>> On 9/19/2008 at 4:38 PM, "Daniel Hooper" <dhooper at emerge.net.au>
wrote:
> Don’t you mean 2620?

No, I mean Catalyst 2820,

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps597/prod_end-of-life_notice0900aecd8055eb4d.html

> Sending a break to the console during the router booting is the only
way 
> I've known to recover from a lost password.

The procedure for the later versions involves holding the "MODE"
button
down on the front of the chassis while doing a cold boot. For the
earlier
versions, call TAC,

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps574/products_password_recovery09186a00800a6c79.shtml

As I said in the original message, this appears to be an earlier
version.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Crist Clark
> Sent: Saturday, 20 September 2008 5:54 AM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net 
> Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco 2820 Password Recovery
> 
> First off, yes, I know. This is an ancient piece of hardware.
> No, we're not going to use it in production anywhere. Just a
> few more ports in the lab already installed nicely in a rack.
> 
> Yes, it is ancient, so ancient Cisco TAC doesn't seem to want to
> or is not able to help us with password recovery. But all of
> the documentation I've found at Cisco and other places says
> that's what we need to do. The procedure for the "newer"
> firmware versions (i.e. after 1997 or so) does not seem to work
> so I'm assuming this is an earlier version that they say
> requires a call to Cisco.
> 
> So, am I SOOL, and it's a dumb switch, or is there a way to
> get in there without Cisco TAC?
> -- 
> 
> Crist J. Clark                              
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