Contents
　　Description
　　Step-by-Step Procedure
　　Related Information
　　
　　Description
　　This document describes the passWord recovery procedure for the Cisco Catalyst 2900-XL and the Cisco Catalyst 3500-XL.
　　
　　Step-by-Step Procedure
　　Attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation to the console port of the switch. Use the following terminal settings:
　　9600 baud rate
　　No parity
　　8 data bits
　　No stop bit
　　
　　Unplug the power cable.
　　Hold down the mode button while reconnecting the power cord to the switch. You can release the mode button a second or two after the LED above port 1x is no longer illuminated.
　　The following instrUCtions appear:
　　
　　The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system.
　　The following commands will initialize the flash file system, and finish loading
　　the operating system software:
　　　　
　　flash_init
　　load_helper
　　boot
　　
　　Type flash_init.
　　Type load_helper.
　　Type dir flash:.
　　The switch file system is displayed:
　　
　　Directory of flash:
　　 2 -rwx 843947 Mar 01 1993 00:02:18 C2900XL-h-mz-112.8-SA
　　 4 drwx　 3776 Mar 01 1993 01:23:24 Html
　　66 -rwx　　130 Jan 01 1970 00:01:19 env_vars
　　68 -rwx 1296　 Mar 01 1993 06:55:51 config.text
　　1728000 bytes total (456704 bytes free)
　　
　　Type rename flash:config.text flash:config.old to rename the configuration file.
　　This file contains the password definition.
　　
　　Type boot to boot the system.
　　Enter N at the prompt to start the Setup program, Continue with the configuration dialog? [yes/no] : N
　　At the switch prompt type en to turn on enable mode.
　　Type rename flash:config.old flash:config.text to rename the configuration file with its original name.
　　Copy the configuration file into memory.
　　Switch# copy flash:config.text system:running-config
　　Source filename [config.text]? (press Return)
　　Destination filename [running-config]? (press Return)　　
　　
　　The configuration file is now reloaded.
　　
　　Change the password.
　　switch#config terminal
　　switch(config)#enable password Cisco
　　
　　Write the running configuration to the configuration file.
　　switch(config)#write mem