Password recovery

[sherman.jones]

I need some instructions to do a password recovery on a Catalyst 4912G series switch. The instructions that I found on the cisco.com site for the 4000 and 4500 series switches do not work.

[garapoglou]

Hi,

Why don't you try this:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps663/products_password_recovery09186a0080094785.shtml

Good luck,

Giorgos

[Latchum Naidu]

Hi,

It sounds like you can use the reset button on the front of the switch to get into ROMMON with a console cable, from the discussion on this post (http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r18713383-HELP-Catalyst-4912G-help-with-password-config-reset). From there, you should be able to get to the existing config and save a copy on your computer. Even if you can't get the password decoded, you'll have a copy of the config and then be able to put it back into production (with a known password) after wiping the box clean.

If the above didn't work, Please try the below link.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_password_recovery09186a00801349aa.shtml

Please click on the correct answer on all posts if they answered your question.
Regards,
Naidu.