How to recover from a lost password, User’s guide, Network management card – APC Network Management Card AP9617 User Manual
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USER’S GUIDE
network management card
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How to Recover from a Lost Password
You can use a local computer that connects to the Management Card
through the serial port at the Management Card’s mounting bracket to
access the control console.
1. Select a serial port at the local computer, and disable any service
which uses that port.
2. Use the type 1 or type 2 serial cable as described in
to connect the selected port to the Management
Card’s serial port.
3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal
®
), and configure the
selected port for 2400 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow
control, and save the changes.
4. Press
E
NTER
to display the
User Name
prompt.
5. Press the Reset button on the Management Card, which causes the
Management Card to restart, a process that typically takes
approximately 15 seconds.
6. Press
E
NTER
as many times as necessary to redisplay the
User Name
prompt, then use
apc
for the
user name
and
password
. (If you take
longer than 30 seconds to log on after the
User Name
prompt is
redisplayed, you must start the login procedure again at step 4.)
7. From the
Control Console
menu, select
System
, then
User
Manager
.
8. Select
Administrator
, and change the
User Name
and
Password
settings, both of which are now defined as
apc
.
9. Press
C
TRL
-C
and log off.
Reconnect any cable that you disconnected in
step 2
and
restart any service that you disabled in
step 1
.