IOS, Password Recovery
IOS, Password Recovery
POST
Bootstrap
POST CPU
Bootstrap
startup-
ROM RAM FLASH
IOS NVRAM
config
Mini IOS
Console
Interface
Auxilary
IOS Recovery: Setup Mode
FLASH Router>
Mini
ROM
IOS
rommon>
RAM
NVRAM
IOS Recovery: Mini IOS
FLASH
cisco 2811 (MPC860) processor (revision 0x200) with 60416K/5120K bytes
of memory
Processor board ID JAD05190MTZ (4292891495)
M860 processor: part number 0, mask 49
2 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
ROM
239K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
62720K bytes of ATA CompactFlash (Read/Write)
Cisco IOS Software, 2800 Software (C2800NM-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version
12.4(15)T1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
CopyrightRAM
(c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 18-Jul-07 06:21 by pt_rel_team
FLASH
POST
ROM Bootrap
RAM
startup-config
NVRAM Configuration
0x2102Register
Password Recovery: Load Configure (config-register)
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 01 x 2 1 0 02 2
Decimal Hexadecimal Binary
0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 1
2 2 0 0 1 0
3 3 0 0 1 1
4 4 0 1 0 0
5 5 0 1 0 1
6 6 0 1 1 0
7 7 0 1 1 1
8 8 1 0 0 0
9 9 1 0 0 1
10 A 1 0 1 0
11 B 1 0 1 1
12 C 1 1 0 0
13 D 1 1 0 1
14 E 1 1 1 0
15
© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
F 1 1 1 1 ICND2 v1.0—7-11
Rommon> confreg 0x2142
Rommon> reset
Router(config)# config-register 0x2142
Router# show version
...
Cisco IOS Software, 2800 Software (C2800NM-IPBASE-M), Version
12.4(5a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)
1. Power Off
2. Power On
3. Ctrl + Break
Rommon> confreg 0x2142
Rommon> reset
cisco 2811 (MPC860) processor (revision 0x200) with
60416K/5120K bytes of memory
Processor board ID JAD05190MTZ (4292891495)
M860 processor: part number 0, mask 49
2 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
239K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
62720K bytes of ATA CompactFlash (Read/Write)
Cisco IOS Software, 2800 Software (C2800NM-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M),
Version 12.4(15)T1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 18-Jul-07 06:21 by pt_rel_team