topic ASA 5512x Hardware Reset? in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992055#M439336 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Via power cycling. If you haven't done a "write mem" you'll be back where you started.</P><P></P><P>Otherwise see <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.cisco.com/docs/DOC-20027">this procedure</A> for password recovery - it should be good even for the newer hardware such as the 5512x.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:09:07 GMT Marvin Rhoads 2012-08-06T17:09:07Z ASA 5512x Hardware Reset? https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992054#M439335 <P>Trying to setup a new ASA 5512 and like a dumbass I've somehow locked myself out.</P><P></P><P>Anyone know how to do a hardware reset?</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 23:38:47 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992054#M439335 ny_wolfie 2019-03-11T23:38:47Z ASA 5512x Hardware Reset? https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992055#M439336 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Via power cycling. If you haven't done a "write mem" you'll be back where you started.</P><P></P><P>Otherwise see <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.cisco.com/docs/DOC-20027">this procedure</A> for password recovery - it should be good even for the newer hardware such as the 5512x.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:09:07 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992055#M439336 Marvin Rhoads 2012-08-06T17:09:07Z ASA 5512x Hardware Reset? https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992056#M439337 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately after following the procedure it returns "Invalid password" at step 11. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:06:31 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992056#M439337 ny_wolfie 2012-08-06T18:06:31Z ASA 5512x Hardware Reset? https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992057#M439338 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hmm. Just to confirm - you reloaded as specified in step 9 and after reload were presented with the default system prompt of:</P><P></P><PRE style="background-color: #ffffff; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; list-style: none; overflow: auto;"><EM style="border-collapse: collapse; list-style: none;">hostname&gt;</EM></PRE><P></P><P>...? That should indicate you are now running with a default configuration.</P><P></P><P>I just doublechecked and ASA 8.6 (which the X series runs) still has a default blank enable password. <A href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa84/configuration/guide/intro_start.html#wp1300013">Reference</A>. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:38:52 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992057#M439338 Marvin Rhoads 2012-08-06T18:38:52Z ASA 5512x Hardware Reset? https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992058#M439339 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not sure what I was doing wrong the first time, but as you suggested I retried the procedure and it worked first time.</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:48:06 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992058#M439339 ny_wolfie 2012-08-06T19:48:06Z ASA 5512x Hardware Reset? https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992059#M439340 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Phew. Glad I wasn't totally off base. Thanks for the rating!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:30:37 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa-5512x-hardware-reset/m-p/1992059#M439340 Marvin Rhoads 2012-08-06T20:30:37Z