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[ooharr]

Hi All

i have recently started supporting 3 nortel baystak 470-48t switches, the previous supported password protected the kit but did not tell anyone what they are, is there a way of logging in wo reset the password without factory defaulting the switch

 

[anthonyanderberg]

Your options depend on the exact model (age) of the switch. Some older switches have a default password that can be entered within a few seconds of boot, and I know Nortel can generate passwords based on the system MAC address (if you have support) - depends on how much keeping the current config intact is worth to you.

If you search this group for 'baystack password' you'll come up with a number of specific ideas, I'd start there.

If you need to default them Daddy^3 has a good blog entry on this (and lots of other bits for that matter):

http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2007/11/factory-reset-nortel-ethernet-switch/