Power
of the switch. Hold down the mode button located on the left side of the front
panel, reconnect the power cable to the switch. After few seconds you can see switch:
prompt: then release the Mode button when the Status (STAT) LED
goes out. (When you release the Mode button, the SYST LED blinks amber).
1. The following instructions appear:
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the
flash filesystem. The following commands will initialize
the flash filesystem, and finish loading the operating
system software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
switch:
2. Now follow the following command
switch: flash_init
switch: dir flash
switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old
switch: boot
3. Enter "n" at the prompt to start the setup program
--- 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
!--- Press Return or Enter.
Switch>
!--- The Switch> prompt is displayed.
switch>en
switch#
4. Type rename flash:config.old flash:config.text to rename the configuration file with its original name.
Switch#rename flash:config.old flash:config.text
Destination filename [config.text]
Switch#
5. Copy the configuration file into memory
Switch#copy flash:config.text system:running-config
6. Change the password
Switch#configure terminal
Switch(config)#no enable secret
Switch(config)#enable secret Cisco
Switch(config)#end
7. Write the into the memory.
Switch#write memory
Building configuration...
[OK]
Switch#
