topic V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery in ExtremeSwitching (EOS)

V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery

networks — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:22:00 GMT

I lost the admin passwords of two matrix V2 (V2H124-24).

the MACs are: 00-01-F4-45-1A-C0 and 00-01-F4-44-FE-60

How can I do password recovery?

RE: V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery

Curtis_Parish1 — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:50:00 GMT

I believe GTAC had to generate a backdoor password for it but the switch is no longer supported.

https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-execute-a-Password-Recovery-on-the-...

RE: V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery

Osman_Uyar — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 03:54:00 GMT

user tiger
password tiger123

RE: V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery

Curtis_Parish1 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 03:54:00 GMT

was this the BIOS password? We have some VHs in storage we need to wipe before sending to surplus
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RE: V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery

Erik_Auerswald — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 03:54:00 GMT

Do you know how to enter a BIOS or boot ROM or similar on the V2 switches?

RE: V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery

networks — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:45:00 GMT

tiger/tiger123 does´nt work (I remember it works on the VH-series)

any other ideas?

RE: V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery

Erik_Auerswald — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 21:14:00 GMT

Hi,

there is a GTAC Knowledge article describing the procedure mentioned by Curtis: Password Recovery for the Matrix V2. But as I understand it, GTAC no longer provides the backdoor password, see How to recover password on a Matrix V2. 😞

Is it possible to access the boot ROM, and boot to factory defaults from there?

How about Extreme publishes how to compute the backdoor password for these old, out-of-service switches, to enable the owners to help themselves? The GTAC Knowledge site would be a good place for this.

Edit: Sadly, the Matrix V2 switches we once had have been thrown away, so I cannot try anything out.

Thanks,
Erik

RE: V2 (V2H124-24) password recovery

networks — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:27:00 GMT

Hi,

we don ́t know how we can access to the Boot-ROM.

login with admin/password does ́nt work - but we can login with guest/guest - but if we will "configure" the switch ask for password.

any ideas for password recovery / backdoor password?