The BootROM/BootLoad Password Is Forgotten but the Console Port/STelnet/Telnet Login Is Available
If you can log in to the switch through the console port, STelnet, or Telnet, log in to the switch and restore the default BootROM/BootLoad password. You can obtain the default accounts and passwords according to S Series Switches Default Usernames and Passwords (for enterprise users or carrier users). The permission level of this document is C (customer support level). If you need to upgrade the permission level, see the help document on the website.
To ensure device security, you are advised not to use the default passwords and to change the passwords periodically.
Changing the BootROM Password
To change the BootROM password, you need to restart the device and access the BootROM main menu.
1.Restart the device.
2.When the message "Press Ctrl+B or Ctrl+E to enter BootROM menu:" is displayed, press Ctrl+B or Ctrl+E within 3 seconds, and enter the default password to access the BootROM main menu.
In the BootROM main menu, select 6 to access the password submenu.
3.In the password submenu, select 1 to change the BootROM password.
For more information, please click on here.
https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1100200698#section1612361212554
1. Connect a PC to the device with a serial cable and log in to the device through the console port.
2. Restart the device. When the message "Press Ctrl+B to break auto startup ..." is displayed, press Ctrl+B and enter the password to display the BootROM main menu.
3. Select choice 4 to enter the Startup Select menu.
4. Select choice 1 to view the system configuration.
In V200R001C01SPC300 and later versions, you can use the following method to view the configuration file. In Huawei V200R001C01SPC300, the menu choice is Startup Information. In Startup Information and later versions, the menu choice is Display Startup.
Startup Select
1. Display Startup
2. Set Boot File
3. Set Config File
4. Startupfile Check Manage
0. return
Enter your choice (0-4):1
************** Current Stratup info ****************
Valid Flag State : Vaild
Boot File Name : sd1:/software.cc
Config File Name : sd1:/vrpcfg.cfg
Licence File Name :
Patch State : Deactivate
Patch File Name :
Voice File Name :
In V200R001C01SPC200 and earlier versions, the configuration file cannot be viewed. The system often uses the file vrpcfg.zip or iascfg.zip.
5. Rename the configuration file.
6. Restart RouterA.
7. Stop Auto-Config.
8. Change the renamed configuration file to executable file. Select one file format.
9. Restore the configuration.
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