Chris Paquin

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  • How to Reset Cisco Catalyst 3750 Back to Factory Defaults

    Need to reset your Cisco Catalyst 3750 back to the factory default settings?

    Have you forgotten your password? Well you have come to the right place. Note that I am assuming that you have already established a console connection to the switch using a Cisco serial cable (rollover cable).

    First you need to power down the switch. Once the switch is powered off, hold down the mode button, and power the switch on. The switch will boot up and you should see the switch prompt as shown below.

    Connect-1

    Now type flash_init. Your output should be similar to what you see below

    switch: flash_init
    Initializing Flash…
    flashfs[0]: 547 files, 19 directories
    flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
    flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 32514048
    flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 15487488
    flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 17026560
    flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 11 seconds.
    …done Initializing Flash.

    Check out the contents of flash and locate config.text and vlan.dat (if it exists).

    switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/

2  -rwx  564       <date>               vlan.dat
3  -rwx  1914      <date>               private-config.text
5  drwx  192       <date>               c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-58.SE2
6  -rwx  3096      <date>               multiple-fs
7  -rwx  2289      <date>               config.text

    Now delete the vlan.dat and config.text.

    switch: del flash:config.text
Are you sure you want to delete "flash:config.text" (y/n)?y
File "flash:config.text" deleted

switch: del flash:vlan.dat
Are you sure you want to delete "flash:vlan.dat" (y/n)?y
File "flash:vlan.dat" deleted

    Note that you can also just rename the config.text and vlan.dat if you are not certain that you want to delete them.

    switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old

    Now type boot, to reboot the switch. Once the switch is rebooted you will see the System Configuration Dialog, and will have the opportunity “to enter the initial configuration dialog”.

  • How to Reset Cisco Catalyst 2960 Back to Factory Defaults

    Cisco-2960s-switchThis is my first post in what I hope to be a long line of Cisco networking related posts, as I have just gotten my hands on a bit of used Cisco equipment and hope to use it to setup a home lab.

    First step of setting up this home lab is to get my two Catalyst 2960s reset to factory defaults. So here is how you do it. Note that I am assuming that you have already established a console connection to the switch.

    First, boot up the switch while holding down the MODE button until you see the following appear on the screen.

    Switch>
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs) installed, fsid: 2
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:17:0e:17:de:80
Xmodem file system is available.
The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the
flash filesystem.  The following commands will initialize
the flash filesystem, and finish loading the operating
system software:

    Then type flash_init

    switch: flash_init
    Initializing Flash...
    flashfs[0]: 547 files, 19 directories
    flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
    flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 32514048
    flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 15487488
    flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 17026560
    flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 11 seconds.
    ...done Initializing Flash.

    Check out the contents of flash and locate config.text and vlan.dat (if it exists).

    switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/

2  -rwx  564       <date>               vlan.dat
3  -rwx  1914      <date>               private-config.text
5  drwx  192       <date>               c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-58.SE2
6  -rwx  3096      <date>               multiple-fs
7  -rwx  2289      <date>               config.text

    Now delete the vlan.dat and config.text.

    switch: del flash:config.text
Are you sure you want to delete "flash:config.text" (y/n)?y
File "flash:config.text" deleted

switch: del flash:vlan.dat
Are you sure you want to delete "flash:vlan.dat" (y/n)?y
File "flash:vlan.dat" deleted

    Now type boot, to reboot the switch. Once the switch is rebooted you will see the System Configuration Dialog, and will have the opportunity “to enter the initial configuration dialog”

    Additional Resources:

    http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-2900-xl-series-switches/24328-156.html

    http://www.cahilig.net/2014/04/14/how-reset-cisco-2960-switch-default-settings

    http://notthenetwork.me/blog/2013/05/28/reset-a-cisco-2960-switch-to-factory-default-settings/