Friday, January 26th, 2007
Password recovery for Foundry EdgeIron series, EIF24G, EIF4802 etc.
Here’s a helpful, but not well published password recovery procedure for Foundry EdgeIron series Layer 2 switches. It differs from the process used on all their other models, probably because the EdgeIron is not of their own design (not sure who actually makes these for Foundry, no matter) This recovery procedure applies to models with part numbers starting in EIF, eg. EIF24G, EIF4802CF, EIF48G, EIF24GS, EIF48GS etc. So, if you have lost the password, and want to clear off the previous configuration and start anew, here it is:
1) establish a connection to the device on the console port
2) power the switch on, while holding down “ctrl-u” to access the system file menu (technically you can just hit “ctrl-u” in the one second time between powering on and it actually loading, but its hard to time it)
3) you have a few seconds to type the password for the file menu, it is… “mercury”; clear off the asteriks that may remain from holding “ctrl-u” down first.
4) select “D” to delete all user defined configurations
5) enter the file name of the file type that is “Config File” and confirm if asked to delete it
6) select “Q” to reload.
At this point it will boot normally, and the username and password for the unit will be at default, “admin” and “admin”. Its back to default now, have fun. I have no idea why Foundry barely documents this process. Even the users manual doesn’t tell you the password to enter the ROM menu (”mercury”), it sais to call tech support to get it.
I hope this helps some folks…..
Brian Stadtmiller, Technical Sales Manager
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