Enter password recovery mode, to remove password
- Unplug power from switch.
- Plug in power to switch, whilst holding down the “mode” button. This interrupts the booting process.
- Let go of mode button when you see the following prompt
“Base ethernet - Type: flash_init and then press enter. It will say …done initializing flash.
- Type dir flash: or dir flash:/ and press Y. Config.text is what we need to delete.
- Type: del flash:config.text and press Y. Then boot the switch using the command, “boot”.
- Once it finishes booting, enter “no” if it asks you to enter an initial setup.
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