Cisco Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor
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Release Notes for Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 6.1(3)E3
OL-20114-01
Recovering the Password
Step 3
Choose
2: Cisco IPS Clear Password (cisco)
.
The password is reset to cisco. You can change the password the next time you log in to the CLI.
For More Information
For more information on connecting an appliance to a terminal server, refer to
Using ROMMON
For the IPS 4240 and IPS 4255 you can use the ROMMON to recover the password. To access the
ROMMON CLI, reboot the sensor from a terminal server or direct connection and interrupt the boot
process.
ROMMON CLI, reboot the sensor from a terminal server or direct connection and interrupt the boot
process.
To recover the password using the ROMMON CLI, follow these steps:
Step 1
Reboot the appliance.
Step 2
To interrupt the boot process, press ESC or Control-R (terminal server) or send a BREAK command
(direct connection).
(direct connection).
The boot code either pauses for 10 seconds or displays something similar to one of the following:
•
Evaluating boot options
•
Use BREAK or ESC to interrupt boot
Step 3
Enter the following commands to reset the password:
confreg 0x7
boot
Sample ROMMON session:
Booting system, please wait...
CISCO SYSTEMS
Embedded BIOS Version 1.0(11)2 01/25/06 13:21:26.17
...
Evaluating BIOS Options...
Launch BIOS Extension to setup ROMMON
Cisco Systems ROMMON Version (1.0(11)2) #0: Thu Jan 26 10:43:08 PST 2006
Platform IPS-4240-K9
Use BREAK or ESC to interrupt boot.
Use SPACE to begin boot immediately.
Boot interrupted.
Management0/0
Link is UP
MAC Address:000b.fcfa.d155
Use ? for help.
rommon #0> confreg 0x7
Update Config Register (0x7) in NVRAM...
rommon #1> boot