[c-nsp] Resetting an RSM password/config

[Lamar Owen]

On Friday 06 March 2009 22:23:17 Charles Wyble wrote:
> I recently purchased some cisco gear for my lab. One of the things I am
> doing is configuring a Catalyst 5505 with a Route Switch Module (RSM).
>
> Any idea how to reset the config to factory defaults? I bought it second
> hand and need to clear the configs as I don't know the password.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps686/products_password_recovery09186a00801d1248.shtml

Connect to the female DB-25 on the RSM itself and send the BREAK sequence 
(with Minicom under Linux, for instance, this is CTRL-A F or ALT-F, depending 
on version and console) right after you see the ROMMON banner.
-- 
Lamar Owen
Chief Information Officer
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
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Rosman, NC  28772
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