Cisco ACE-4710-K9 Administration Manual page 37

Chapter 1 Setting Up the ACE
To reset the password that allows the Admin user access to the ACE, perform the
following steps:
Connect to the console port on the ACE.
Step 1
Log in to the ACE. See the
Step 2
Step 3 Reboot the ACE. See the
During the bootup process, output appears on the console terminal. Press ESC
Step 4
when the "Starting services..." message appears on the terminal (see the example
below). The setup mode appears. If you miss the time window, wait for the ACE
to properly complete booting, reboot the ACE, and try again to access the setup
mode by pressing ESC.
Daughter Card Found. Continuing...
INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
Testing PCI path ....
This may take some time, Please wait ....
PCI test loop , count 0
PCI path is ready
Starting services... <<<<< Press ESC when you see this message
Entering setup sequence...
Reset Admin password [y/n] (default: n): y
Resetting admin password to factory default...
.
Starting sysmgr processes.. Please wait...Done!!!
switch login:
Step 5 The setup mode prompts if you want to reset the admin password. Enter y. The
"Resetting admin password to factory default" message appears. The ACE deletes
the admin user password configuration from the startup-configuration and resets
the password back to the factory default value of admin.
The boot process continues as normal and you are able to enter the admin
password at the login prompt.
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"Connecting and Logging into the ACE"
"Restarting the ACE"
Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide
Changing the Administrative Password
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