Recover Password -BayStack 450-24T-

[ironrlo]

Hello World...
In a Last Post called "Console Port BayStack 450-24T software" some users give me the right way to connect in a BayStack.
The problem Now is that I don´t have password to access. I had been looking for a procedure to Recover the Password. I made the procedure suggested by "Papa4" but don´t work in this Switch.

I can get another Switch Baystack but in the same situation, without a Password.

"BayStack 450-24T HW:RevL FW:V1.48 SW:v4.2.0.22 ISVN:2"

Do you have another Option to RECOVER the password...??

 

[jimbopalmer]

First I am assuming you do not actually want the current password, you want the unit to be factory reset so the passwords in the manual work. Getting in without a reset is way trickier.

"this works on early 350s and 450s
Try This,
Power off , wait about 30 seconds, Power on...
Within 15 seconds type : NetICs<cr>
You will then be in enable mode... You should be able to retrieve the password from the security menu.

(that is an eye in NetICs not an ell)

Place the switch (with the unknown password) in a stack with a Switch You DO have the password for, Making the 'known password switch' the 'master' (this controlled by a selector on the cascade module). Then reset the whole stack to Default Settings, this will remove the unknown password and all your config also! So you will have to rebuild your Config.

The "new" versions I believe require the same thing as the 350 switches, which is call tech support and give them your MAC address for them to create a password. Oddly it may be cheaper to get support than to get a password outside of support.

"Putting the problem switch in a stack will not work either if the firmware and software are not the same. The only way that I found, was to contact Nortel. The first person you get to tells you that it will be $300.00 an hour with a 2-hour minimum. DON'T DO IT. Ask them to transfer you to contracts and believe it or not you can get support on your switch (unlimited phone, and software upgrades) for only $50.00. I could not believe it""

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.