how to reset the password on a Cisco 9124 switch

[Howell]

Does any one know how to reset the password on a Cisco 9124 switch? If it matters it is all fiber.

 

[ddrueding]

I assume you have tried holding the reset button while power cycling the switch?

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/hw/9124/quick/quide/9124QSG.html

 

[Howell]

Yeah, that would reset it back to factory defaults and I would lose all my zones and zonesets. I could set up a TFTP server on my laptop to save the config and then save it back after the reset but I finally found the manual (I don't think they want you to find it) which tells you how to do it through the CLI. Thanks for your effort David.

 

[Howell]

Using the CLI with Network-Admin Privileges
If you are logged in to, or can log into, switch with a user name that has network-admin privileges and then recover the administrator password, follow these steps:

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Step 1 Use the show user-accounts command to verify that your user name has network-admin privileges.
switch# show user-account
user:admin
this user account has no expiry date
roles:network-admin
user:dbgusr
this user account has no expiry date
roles:network-admin network-operator
Step 2 If your user name has network-admin privileges, issue the username command to assign a new administrator password.
switch# config t
switch(config)# username admin password <new password>
switch(config)# exit
switch#
Step 3 Save the software configuration.
switch# copy running-config startup-config

Also, here's the link to the page:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/sto...ion/guides/cli_3_2/clicfgur.html#wpmkr1423697