Skipping console login authentication

	IMPORTANT: To perform this task, make sure password recovery capability is enabled. If the capability is disabled, you cannot perform this task. Perform this task only if the switch has one MPU. If the switch has two MPUs, you cannot skip console login authentication.

If you cannot remember the console login password, enter 8 in the EXTENDED-BOOTWARE menu, and then enter 1 or 0 in the EXTENDED-BOOTWARE menu. The switch will reboot and load the next-startup configuration file with the console login password ignored.

Enter your choice(0-9): 8
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After the switch starts up, you can configure a new console login password and save the running configuration so the new password takes effect (see Figure 41). If you do not configure a new console login password, the old password continues to take effect for the subsequent reboot.