This procedure will help you to recover the password that you set for the admin account when you performed an initial system setup on the fabric interconnect. The admin account is the system administrator or superuser account.
Step 1
| Connect to the console port.
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Step 2
| Power cycle the fabric interconnect:
- Turn off the power to the fabric interconnect.
- Turn on the power to the fabric interconnect.
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Step 3
| In the console, press one of the following key combinations as it
boots to get the
loader prompt:
You may need to press the selected key combination multiple times
before your screen displays the
loader prompt.
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Step 4
| Boot the kernel firmware version on the fabric interconnect.
loader >
boot /installables/switch/
kernel_firmware_version
Example:
loader >
boot /installables/switch/ucs-6100-k9-kickstart.4.1.3.N2.1.0.11.gbin
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Step 5
| Enter config terminal mode.
Fabric(boot)#
config terminal
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Step 6
| Reset the admin password.
Fabric(boot)(config)#
admin-password
password
Choose a strong password that includes at least one capital letter and one number. The password cannot be blank.
The new password displays in clear text mode.
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Step 7
| Exit config terminal mode and return to the boot prompt.
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Step 8
| Boot the system firmware version on the fabric interconnect.
Fabric(boot)#
load /installables/switch/
system_firmware_version
Example:
Fabric(boot)#
load /installables/switch/ucs-6100-k9-system.4.1.3.N2.1.0.211.bin
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Step 9
| After the system image loads, log in to
Cisco UCS Manager.
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