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Does resetting the password on these devices reset any configurations? &nbsp;Thank you.
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Does resetting the password on these devices reset any configurations?  Thank you.

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the configuration Will be preserved. Just pay attention to All the steps indicated in The article. <br />
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the configuration Will be preserved. Just pay attention to All the steps indicated in The article.
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If you have console access to the switch you can press and the button and wait until you get message from console like this one:<br />
&nbsp;rommon 1 &gt;<br />
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Than you have to enter following commands:<br />
flash_init<br />
load_helper<br />
rename flash:config.text flash:config.old<br />
boot<br />
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Now you have switch booted with no configuration applied and the original config preserved on the flash with config.old name.
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If you have console access to the switch you can press and the button and wait until you get message from console like this one:
 rommon 1 >

Than you have to enter following commands:
flash_init
load_helper
rename flash:config.text flash:config.old
boot


Now you have switch booted with no configuration applied and the original config preserved on the flash with config.old name.

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Hi Experts,<br />
<br />
I am not a Cisco person, so I hope what I am asking makes sense.<br />
<br />
We have a Cisco ASA 550 that I manage.<br />
We have 2 Cisco Catalyst switches.<br />
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I am trying to get into the Cisco switches by either the web interface, or by adding them to the ASA. &nbsp;I am not getting anywhere, nor do i have the credentials. &nbsp;I have Cisco support on both of these switches but wanted to ask here first.<br />
<br />
1. &nbsp;How can I reset the passwords and gain access to these switches?<br />
2. Can I manage them from the ASA switch? &nbsp;<br />
<br />
Thank you,<br />
<br />
Karen
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Hi Experts,

I am not a Cisco person, so I hope what I am asking makes sense.

We have a Cisco ASA 550 that I manage.
We have 2 Cisco Catalyst switches.

I am trying to get into the Cisco switches by either the web interface, or by adding them to the ASA.  I am not getting anywhere, nor do i have the credentials.  I have Cisco support on both of these switches but wanted to ask here first.

1.  How can I reset the passwords and gain access to these switches?
2. Can I manage them from the ASA switch?  

Thank you,

Karen

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A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.