Password Recovery for the Cisco AS5300

1. Press Control-Break on the terminal keyboard within 60 seconds of
　power up in order to put the router into ROMMON.
2. Type confreg 0x2142 at the rommon 1> prompt in order to boot from
　Flash.
　This step bypasses the startup configuration where the
　passwords are stored.
3. Type reset at the rommon 2> prompt.
　The router reboots, but ignores the saved configuration.
4. Type no after each setup question, or press Ctrl-C in order to
　skip the initial setup procedure.
5. Type enable at the Router> prompt.
　You are in enable mode and should see the Router# prompt.
6. Type configure memory or copy startup-config running-config
　in order to copy the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) into memory.
7. Type configure terminal.
8. Type enable secret in order to change the enable secret password.
　For example: hostname(config)#enable secret cisco
9. Type config-register . Where configuration_register_setting is
　either the value you recorded in step 2 or 0x2102 .
　For example: hostname(config)#config-register 0x2102
10. Press Ctrl-z or end in order to leave the configuration mode.
11. Type write or copy running-config startup-config in order to
　commit the changes.