Reloading The Device To Recover The Administrator Password - Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

Recovering the Administrator Password
Command or Action
Step 18
switch(config)# exit
Example:
switch(config)# exit
switch#
Step 19
Insert the previously removed standby supervisor module into
the chassis, if necessary.
Step 20 Boot the nx-os image on the standby supervisor module, if
necessary.
Step 21 switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config

Reloading the Device to Recover the Administrator Password

You can reset the network administrator password by reloading the device.
This procedure disrupts all traffic on the device. All connections to the device will be lost for 2 to 3 minutes.
Caution
Note You cannot recover the administrator password from a Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) session to the
management interface. You must have access to the local console connection.
Note Password recovery updates the new administrator password only in the local user database and not on the
remote AAA servers. The new password works only if local authentication is enabled; it does not work
for remote authentication. When a password is recovered, local authentication is enabled for logins through
a console so that the admin user can log in with a new password from a console.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Establish a terminal session on the console port of the active supervisor module.
2. switch# reload
3. loader> boot n9000-dk9.x.x.x.bin
4. Reset the network administrator password by following Steps 6 through 20 in
to Recover the Administrator Password, on page
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Troubleshooting Installations, Upgrades, and Reboots
Purpose
Exits global configuration mode.
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Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
25.
Power Cycling the Device