[f-nsp] password break on fast iron 2

[Clifton Royston]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 12:06:18PM -0500, Mike Carter wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> We just got a Fast iron2 as part of a Cisco package we brought in.  My
> Technician is not able to break the password on this system.  I Googled it
> and looked thru the archives with little success...is there a simple way to
> break the password?  Also wondering if there is even any market for
> these...this one has (1) F18GMR and (3) F124E's.  Maybe we skip the password
> break and toss this in the dumpster??????

  If it's like the ServerIron there's a procedure that's similar to the
Cisco one - power-cycle, break into the boot process by hitting enter
on the serial console, put in a not-so-secret secret command to make it
boot with no enable password, and then set a new password once you're
back in enable mode.

  We don't have any Fastirons here, but the Foundry products in general
are pretty good.  Not intending to start a war here, but I'd say
they're better than a lot of Cisco products when you weigh
price/performance.
 
  -- Clifton

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