Hi, Does anyone knows how to reset the Alcatel Omniswitch 6850? I don't know the password.

I've tried this i saw at Alcatel Unleashed but it didn't worked out: AOS Password Recovery Procedure Now I try to login to the switch using the old password which I had I find that I am not able to login to the switch, so the only option is to reset the password and ple ase note to reset The password the switch has to be rebooted and if the configuration on the working and Certified are not in sync then the switch will only come up with certified d irectory after Performing the password recovery process -> exit login : admin password : Authentication failure : Invalid login name or password login : login : admin password : Authentication failure : Invalid login name or password login : Step 1 NOW REBOOT THE SWITCH POWER DOWN AND POWER UP usrInit(): Entered with startType=0x82 (COLD) (w/ POWER ON RESET) usrInit(): Current BBUS FPGA Revision=44 (0x002C) usrRoot(): COLD Boot. usrRoot(): Done Copyright 1984-1999 Wind River Systems, Inc. CPU: CMM (Sparc-V9)/400 AOS boot-ROM version: 5.1.5.105.R04 Creation date: Feb 24 2005, 17:59:24 Very important stop the boot sequence by following this information given below that is Press any key to stop auto-boot... Press any key to stop auto-boot... 7 You have 4 seconds to confirm by entering 'y'... y Once you stop the boot sequence you will get a screen like this with this prompt [VxWorks Boot]: and now type c there and press enter VxWorks Boot]: c '.' = clear field; '-' = go to previous field; ^D = quit boot device : flash processor number : 0 host name : lanswitchCmm file name : inet on ethernet (e) : 192.168.20.1 inet on backplane (b) : host inet (h) : 192.168.10.1 gateway inet (g) : 192.168.1.254 user (u) : lanswitchUser ftp password (pw) (blank = use rsh) : lanswitchPassword flags (f) : 0x0 0x1000 target name (tn) : 7700-core1 startup script (s) :

Change the Flag to 0x1000 (to make the switch boot to Miniboot) Reboot the Switch: VxWorks Boot]: @ Now you will get a prompt like this [Miniboot] -> [Miniboot]-> [Miniboot]->pwd (Verify the Directory) /flash value = 0 = 0x0 [Miniboot]-> [Miniboot]->ll (List the Directory) drw 2048 Jun 20 12:18 working/ drw 2048 Jun 20 12:18 certified/ -rw 64000 Jun 15 12:42 swlog1.log -rw 64000 Jun 20 12:18 swlog2.log -rw 310 Jun 20 12:18 boot.params drw 2048 Apr 17 21:49 network/ -rw 452 Jun 17 15:58 boot.cfg.1.err -rw 256 Jun 17 16:27 random-seed -rw 25574 Jun 14 01:59 tech_support.log -rw 81154 Jun 14 01:59 tech_support_layer2.log -rw 6567 Jun 14 01:59 tech_support_layer3.log drw 2048 Jun 14 18:53 switch/ 5423104 bytes free value = 0 = 0x0 ********************************** ********************************** **** At miniboot type this command cd "network" [Miniboot]->cd "network" value = 0 = 0x0 [Miniboot]->pwd /flash/network value = 0 = 0x0 [Miniboot]-> ********************************** ********************************** **** Verify that you are in the netrwork directory by typing pwd and then if you are in network directory please try this command that is ll We can see that we have a file called "userTable3" please remove that file and a fter removing that file you can reboot the switch and the switch will reboot and you can login to the switch using the default user name which is admin and password is switch [Miniboot]->ll drw 2048 Apr 17 21:49 ./ drw 2048 Jun 20 12:19 ../ -rw 30 Mar 23 13:23 policy.cfg -rw 31 Mar 23 13:24 qos.cfg -rw 404 Mar 23 13:24 ssh_host_dsa_key -rw 359 Mar 23 13:24 ssh_host_dsa_key.pub -rw 19968 Apr 12 07:04 userTable -rw 22016 Jun 20 12:18 userTable3 5423104 bytes free value = 0 = 0x0 [Miniboot]->rm "userTable3" value = 0 = 0x0 Have to Change the flag to default again: [Miniboot]-> bootChange '.' = clear field; '-' = go to previous field; ^D = quit boot device : flash processor number : 0 host name : lanswitchCmm

file name : inet on ethernet (e) : 192.168.20.1 inet on backplane (b) : host inet (h) : 192.168.10.1 gateway inet (g) : 192.168.1.254 user (u) : lanswitchUser ftp password (pw) (blank = use rsh) : lanswitchPassword flags (f) : 0x1000 0x0 [Miniboot]-> Reboot or Reload After the Switch is booted use the Default username password (admin / switch) After stoping the boot. I wasn't able to run the 'c' command. Any help will be apreciated. Regards from Portugal