Cisco 2924 Switch Password RECOVERY!!!!! 1

[tekguy88]

Hi Folks!

You can consider me a pretty newcomer in the world of Cisco and recently have purchased my second swith (a 2924 Catalyst w/12.0 IOS enterprise).

I cannot find the right info. to set a new password for it.
Upon boot up I receive a USERNAME prompt and then a password.

I've tried the conventional boot up process of holding down the LED button before shutting down and starting up the switch while still holding the button down until the 1st port of the switch light goes out. It then shows the following promt.

switch:

I've tried to enter the boot command and several others.

Does anyone have any suggestions for my Cisco 2924 switch?
Or any link that can resolve this issue?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all.

 

[chipk]

You want to follow the instructions here. It says 3550 at the top, but applies to 2900 switches as well.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products...ducts_password_recovery09186a0080094184.shtml

 

[tekguy88]

Thank you for your effort. Unfortunately I have used the exact site you gave me to no avail.

Any other insights would be appreciated.

Thanks again for your time.

 

[vipergg]

Those are the instructions in the other post if you can't make it work then the unit may be defective . Did you do the following after you got to the switch: prompt.

#

Issue the flash_init command.

switch: flash_init
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 143 files, 4 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 3612672
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 2729472
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 883200
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 86 seconds
....done Initializing Flash.
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs installed, fsid: 3
Parameter Block Filesystem (pb installed, fsid: 4
switch:

!--- This output is from a 2900XL switch. Output from a
!--- 3500XL, 3550 or 2950 will vary slightly.

#

Issue the load_helper command.

switch: load_helper
switch:

#

Issue the dir flash: command.

Note: Make sure to type a colon ":" after the dir flash.

The switch file system is displayed:

switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 1803357 <date> c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC7.bin

!--- This is the current version of software.

4 -rwx 1131 <date> config.text

!--- This is the configuration file.

5 -rwx 109 <date> info
6 -rwx 389 <date> env_vars
7 drwx 640 <date> html
18 -rwx 109 <date> info.ver
403968 bytes available (3208704 bytes used)
switch:

!--- This output is from a 3500XL switch. Output from a 2900XL,
!--- 2950 or 3550 will vary slightly.

#

Type rename flash:config.text flash:config.old to rename the configuration file.

switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old
switch:

!--- The config.text file contains the password
!--- definition.

#

Issue the boot command to boot the system.

switch: boot
Loading "flash:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC7.bin"...###############################
################################################################################
######################################################################
File "flash:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC7.bin" uncompressed and installed, entry po
int: 0x3000
executing...

!--- Output suppressed.
!--- This output is from a 3500XL switch. Output from a 2900XL, 2950 or 3550
!--- will vary slightly.

#

Enter "n" at the prompt to abort the initial configuration dialog.

--- System Configuration Dialog ---
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: n

!--- Type "n" for no.

Press RETURN to get started.

!--- Press Return or Enter.

 

[tekguy88]

Vipergg,

God damn I'm a dummy. I did use the site you sent me and when I saw a certain command............can't recall right now, but I thought to myself this can't be it.

But, upon confirming to really complete the password recovery process............IT WORKED!!!!

I appreciate your time in trying to help me out.

I had another posting in setting up a basic network with 1 cisco router, cisco swith and a pc. I'm pretty aware of privileged mode, exec mode and global as well on the routers, but don't quite know the command to assign the IP address to let's say port 2 of the switch and also if I should do the following:

1) Connect straight cable from port 2 to my pc
2) Connect straight cable from port 1 (Mgmnt port) to my cisco router AUI port.
3) Connect straight cable from my LAN port of pc to port 2 of Cisco switch.

Does this sound correct so far? If not, would you mind clarifying and which command I need to configure for:
1) Switch
2) Router
3) PC

If I can ping to all devices.......THAT WOULD BE GREAT!
If it's too much asking I completely understand.

Thanks again for the insight on the PW recovery feature.