Lab Tips:
Sometimes, the user forgets the password of the switch and therefore, cannot enter the privilege mode. You can restore the password without losing any other configurations.
Lab Requirements:
1. Set the enable password of the switch again.
2. The original configurations will not be lost.
Lab Process:
1. Turn the switch off and reboot it. Hold down the mode button when rebooting the switch.
2.>dir flash: Note that there is “:” after the word “flash”.
3.rename flash:config.text flash:config.old Rename the original configuration file config.old. If you delete config.text directly, the original configurations will be lost.
4.flash_init Delete the configuration file.
5.boot Reboot the switch.
Continue with configuration dialog?[yes/no]: no / Discontinue with configuration dialog.
Switch>enable
Switch#rename flash:config.old flash:config.text / Rename the configuration file.
Destination filename[running-config]? running-config
Router#configure terminal
Router(config)#enable password pass4sure / Set the enable password again.
Router(config)#exit
Router#copy running-config startup-config / Save the configurations.
