Trying to gain access to 3 Dell switches - 1 5212 & 2 5324

Hi,

There is not a password recovery option that will retain the existing configuration on these models. The password recovery feature is the following, but it will lose the existing settings.

• Connect to the switch via the console port and manually reboot the switch "powercycle"
• As soon as power is applied, press and hold the [Ctrl] and keys simultaneously
• At the menu, press R for the " eturn to Factory Default" option
• Press Q for uit, menu will exit and switch will reboot to default config, username 'admin' password 'admin'

That is too bad to hear there is no backdoor like I have seen on Cisco devices. If at all possible I would have liked to have avoid killing the configuration because of the vlans & any other custom configuration on the devices. Any possible way to at least *read* the current configuration at least, then I can wipe it, update it, & reapply the configuration (minus the unknown credentials)?

After taking a second look at the serial consoles of the 5324 I was able to add a second level 15 user & gain access that way. The 5212 serial console did not allow this, but did at least print out the config on boot, & then using the instructions in the manual with the specific serial console settings allowed me to ctrl+f on boot to reset it back to factory defaults. Consider the thread closed.

Good to hear, thanks for keeping us updated.

cheers