Clearing the Persistent Storage or Resetting the Password Using the Boot Loader

1. With the console port connected, power up the device.
   The following message displays:

   Boot ROM Initialization, Version 01.00.02
   Copyright (c) 2016 Extreme Networks, Inc.
   SDRAM size: 1024 MB
   Testing SDRAM....                      PASSED.
   Loading Boot Image: 0x.00.yy...        DONE.
   Uncompressing Boot Image...            DONE.

2. When the boot image is finished uncompressing, you receive a message indicating you have three seconds to access the bootloader menu by pressing any key.
   Pressing a key displays the system image loader prompt:

   ###You have 3 seconds to access the bootloader menu###
   Press any key to enter System Image Loader menu
   PressAnyKey
   [System Image Loader]:

3. Enter the clearpw command to clear the system password only, or enter clearnvram to clear all of persistent storage.

   [System Image Loader]: clearpw
   [System Image Loader]:

   or

   [System Image Loader]: clearnvram
   [System Image Loader]:

4. Power the system off and back on to reboot the system using the factory defaults.
5. Enter admin at the username prompt.
6. Enter a carriage-return at the password prompt.
7. If you cleared the NVRAM, see the Image Configuration and File Management section of the S-, K-, and 7100 Series Configuration Guide for instructions on restoring a configuration.