- Reboot device
- At prompt, hit escape to break the boot sequence
- 'confreg' !! prompt will start with 'rommon #'
- Note your current configuration register (0x1 is the default)
- Choose 'Y' to change the configuration
- Accept all the defaults EXCEPT 'disable system configuration'. Set this to 'Y'
- 'boot'
- 'enable' after device has booted !! Just hit enter for the password
- 'copy startup-config running-config'
-
Reset the passwords in 'conf t':
password <password> enable password <password> username <username> password <password>
- 'config-register
- 'copy running-config startup-config'
Notes:
- Must be performed via the console port