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Release Notes for Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 6.1(1)E1
OL-17173-01
  Recovering the Password
For More Information
For more information on when and how to disable password recovery, see 
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Recovering the Appliance Password
This section describes the two ways to recover the password for appliances. It contains the following 
topics:
Using the GRUB Menu
For 4200 series appliances, the password recovery is found in the GRUB menu, which appears during 
bootup. When the GRUB menu appears, press any key to pause the boot process. 
Note
You must have a terminal server or direct serial connection to the appliance to use the GRUB menu to 
recover the password. 
To recover the password on appliances, follow these steps:
Step 1
Reboot the appliance.
The following menu appears:
GNU GRUB version 0.94 (632K lower / 523264K upper memory)
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0: Cisco IPS
1: Cisco IPS Recovery
2: Cisco IPS Clear Password (cisco)
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    Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted.
    Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the
    Commands before booting, or 'c' for a command-line.
    Highlighted entry is 0:
Step 2
Press any key to pause the boot process.
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.
IDSM2
Switch IPS module
Password recovery image 
file
AIM IPS
Router IPS modules
Bootloader command
Table 4
Password Recovery Methods According to Platform (continued)
Platform
Description
Recovery Method