Cisco FMC Password Reset

*FMC Password Reset - GUI & CLI: *

Perquisites:

• Recommended to get console access
• Recommended to do this out of hours.

For FMC CLI:

1. Get access to the VMware GUI
2. Go to the FMC GUI and login.
3. Go to Settings > Configuration > Process and reboot the FMC. (best to do out of hours…though it will only affect GUI management access)
4. On the VMware console wait for it to reboot until the red box appears. PRESS SPACEBAR to stop it booting.
5. It will say then boot: put in the version and then single. e.g. 7.0.6 single and enter
6. Type in passwd admin
7. Type in the new password. If it says 'bad password; it is informational only, basically saying to use a complex password. But it should accept whether its weak or strong password.
8. Finally need to reboot again. Issue reboot command.
9. Wait till red box comes up. Let it reboot as normal then login with the new credentials.

FMC GUI password reset:

1. Mandatory Console or SSH required.
2. Log into the Expert
3. sudo su (this is case sensitive. Use lowercase)
4. Password (put in console password)
5. Issue command usertool.pl -p 'admin cisco123'  (needs to have a space between -p)
6. Press enter
7. Try login to the GUI again.