admin password recovery not working

[robertkwild]

trying to recover an admin password for a 31108TCV but its not working

so i press ctrl+c and then it says press ctrl+l to go into recovery mode so i do then i do the commands below

cmdline recoverymode=1
dir
boot n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.8.bin
conf t
admin-password Password01
load-nxos
load bootflash:nxos.7.0.3.I7.9.bin
load bootflash:n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U6.8.bin

but the "load-nxos" command doesnt work, ive then tried the nxos line that didnt work then i repeated the whole process again and tried the n3000 line and that also didnt work ie when they all loaded i tried my new admin login and it didnt work

thanks,

rob

[RAdamWilliams]

I'm not super familiar with NX-OS in particular but from what I can see it looks like by the time you've gotten into conf t mode you've booted the device all the way. Can you link the instructions you're following so I can take a look?

[robertkwild]

ok figured it out

made the boot/load line use the same bin ie

cmdline recoverymode=1
dir
boot nxos.7.0.3.I7.9.bin
conf t
admin-password Password01
load nxos.7.0.3.I7.9.bin

it didnt like the password as it was in dictonary so i chnaged it but this worked

[Myimt]

Hi i have today thee simialr problem and can't recover my pasword .My device boot on System(boot) not loader >.

Steps to solution the problem

i was basing on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7a6_VZS0Yo

1.You must restart yor device and press Ctrl+] you get System(boot)#

2. Use comand configue termianl

3.admin-password writeyourownpassword and then the exit comand

4. dir bootflash: you see images of yor system

5.now use comand load bootflash: and name of your system.bin

Thats work for me