Cisco IDS-4215
Start the console session.
Plug in serial cable to console port of device from PC COM1 port
Open PuTTY and select "Serial" connection type, leave baud rate (Speed) and other settings as default.
Plug power into device and if a power button exists, turn it on.
Erase configuration.
When prompted and before the countdown ends, use the up and down arrow keys to highlight "1: Cisco IDS Recovery" then press Enter:
CISCO SYSTEMS IDS-4215 Embedded BIOS Version 5.1.7 03/02/04 11:20:35.01 Compiled by dnshep Evaluating Run Options ... Check for Valid Disk Image GRUB Loading stage1.5. GRUB loading, please wait... GRUB version 0.91 (632K lower / 523264K upper memory) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 0: Cisco IDS (2.4.18-5smpbigphys-4215) 1: Cisco IDS Recovery ------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted. Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the commands before booting, 'a' to modify the kernel arguments before booting, or 'c' for a command-line. Highlighted entry is 1: Booting 'Cisco IDS Recovery' root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 ro root=/dev/hda2 hda=flash console=ttyS0 [Linux-bzImage, setup=0xa00, size=0xca9b2] Linux version 2.4.20 (root@phoenix_build_master) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-112)) #1 Tue Apr 29 16:04:58 CDT 2003
Further output will lead to a reboot. Allow the process to finish booting up and you are prompted to log in.
Ensure default credentials work.
Type cisco for both the login and password:
KMAIDS login: cisco Password: cisco You are required to change your password immediately (password aged)
Do not continue. Just unplug/turn off the device.
Copy all the output from the session into your records.
Right-click PuTTY's titlebar, from that dropdown menu click on "Copy All to Clipboard"
Open the file of record certifying the deconfiguration of this device and use CTRL V to paste all the output from PuTTY into that file. Formatting the text with a fixed-width font helps it look more readable.
End the session.
Close PuTTy.