Password recovery proccedure for a Nexus 1010 VSB.
1. Login to VSB from Nexus 1010 Mgr.
2. When the VSM is booting up (if booted already, reboot), send "control+]" at the point when is says "Loading image" print. This will take you to switch prompt where the password may be changed
3. Once password set is done do "load <name of mz image>"
4. After system is booted login with new password.
# Example
n1010-1# login virtual-service-blade SV14
Telnet escape character is '^\'.
Trying 127.1.0.18...
Connected to 127.1.0.18.
Escape character is '^\'.
Loading system software
INIT: Switching to runlevel: 1
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
Stopping dhcpd daemon: dhcpd.
Unexporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...done.
ctrl+]
switch(boot)# conf terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
switch(boot)(config)# admin-password Cisco12345
switch(boot)(config)# exit
switch(boot)# dir bootflash:
455 Mar 21 2011 07:31:59 N1KVFEAT20110318193209567.lic
77824 Sep 17 2011 22:45:10 accounting.log
4096 Dec 15 2010 09:23:58 core/
4096 Dec 15 2010 09:24:34 eem_logs/
4096 Sep 11 2011 13:30:26 log/
16384 Dec 15 2010 09:23:42 lost+found/
20419072 Dec 15 2010 09:23:45 nexus-1000v-kickstart-mz.4.0.4.SV1.3b.bin
90513280 Dec 15 2010 09:23:58 nexus-1000v-mz.4.0.4.SV1.3b.bin
4096 Dec 15 2010 09:24:24 vdc_2/
4096 Dec 15 2010 09:24:24 vdc_3/
4096 Dec 15 2010 09:24:24 vdc_4/
Usage for bootflash: filesystem
144887808 bytes total used
2129879040 bytes free
2147483647 bytes available
switch(boot)# load nexus-1000v-mz.4.0.4.SV1.3b.bin
