Password Recovery on VPN Concentrators

Password recovery on the Cisco VPN concentrators depends on the series of concentrator you have—3000 or 5000—as described in the following sections.

Password Recovery on the Cisco 3000 Series VPN Concentrator

Recovering a password on a Cisco 3000 series VPN concentrator depends on the version of software you are running. For software version 2.5 or earlier, you need to contact the Cisco TAC for assistance in recovering a password. On concentrators running software version 2.5.1 or later, follow these steps to recover the password:

Step 1.
Connect a terminal or a PC with terminal emulation to your VPN concentrator.
Step 2.
Press Ctrl-c within 3 seconds of seeing a line of three dots after the diagnostics ...

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