350 APPENDIX A: PASSWORD RECOVERY PROCESS
Bootrom Interface During the initial boot phase of the Switch (when directly connected via the
console), various messages are displayed and the following prompt is shown with
a five second countdown timer:
Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu... 4
Before the countdown reaches 0 enter <CTRL>B.
The timer is followed by a password prompt. The default is no password.
Press Enter to display the following boot menu:
BOOT MENU
1. Download application file to flash
2. Select application file to boot
3. Display all files in flash
4. Delete file from flash
5. Modify bootrom password
6. Enter bootrom upgrade menu
7. Skip current configuration file
8. Set bootrom password recovery
9. Set switch startup mode
0. Reboot
Enter your choice(0-9):
Enter the boot menu number to display that menu option.
Displaying all Files in
Flash
Enter boot menu option 3 to display the following:
Boot menu choice: 3
Free Space: 10460160 bytes
The current application file is s4b03_01_04s56.app.
Table 378 displays the configuration files:
Table 378 Configuration Files
File Number File Size(bytes) File Name
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1 714784 s4h01_04.zip
2 164 private-data.txt
3 11043 3ComOScfg.def
4 4 snmpboots
5* 4529259 s4b03_01_04s56.app
6 11343 3ComOScfg.cfg
Filename Description
3comoscfg.def This file contains the factory default configurations. It is only used if
there is no other configuration file present. This file should not be
modified.
3comoscfg.cfg This file contains the live configurations and is always used to load
the active configuration into the Switch unless the bootrom Skip
current configuration file is specified.