Step 4 Reconnect the power cord to the switch or the active switch. As soon as the System LED blinks, press and release the
Mode button 2-3 times. The switch enters the ROMMON mode.
The following console messages are displayed during the reload:
Initializing Hardware...
System Bootstrap, Version xx.x.1r [FC1], RELEASE SOFTWARE (P)
Compiled Tue 09/29/2020 18:05:06 by rel
Current ROMMON image : Primary
C9200-24P platform with 4194304 Kbytes of main memory
Preparing to autoboot. [Press Ctrl-C to interrupt] 4 (interrupted) <-------- break sequence to
be pressed
Proceed to the Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled section, and follow the steps.
Step 5 After recovering the password, reload the switch or the active switch.
On a switch:
Switch> reload
Proceed with reload? [confirm] y
Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled
Step 1 Ignore the startup configuration with the following command:
Device: SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=1
Step 2 Boot the switch with the packages.conf file from flash.
Device: boot flash:packages.conf
Step 3 Terminate the initial configuration dialog by answering No.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: No
Step 4 At the switch prompt, enter privileged EXEC mode.
Device> enable
Device#
Step 5 Copy the startup configuration to running configuration.
Device# copy startup-config running-config Destination filename [running-config]?
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