Password Recovery Procedure for a Diskless PIX Firewall
(PIX 501, 506, 506E, 515E, 515, 525, and 535)
Step 1 Start the terminal-emulation software, and connect your portable
computer or PC to the console port of the PIX Firewall.
Step 2 After you power on the Cisco PIX Firewall and the startup messages
appear, send a BREAK character or press the Esc key. The monitor>
prompt is displayed.
Step 3 At the monitor> prompt, use the interface command to specify which
interface the PIX Firewall traffic should use.
Step 4 Use the address command to specify the IP address of the PIX Firewall
interface.
Step 5 Use the server command to specify the IP address of the remote TFTP
server containing the PIX Firewall password recovery file.
Step 6 Use the gateway command to specify the IP address of a router gateway
through which the server is accessible.
Step 7 Use the file command to specify the filename of the PIX Firewall
password recovery file, such as np62.bin.
Step 8 Use the tftp command to start the download. After the password
recovery file loads, the following message is displayed:
Do you wish to erase the passwords? [yn] y
Passwords have been erased.