

The flash filesystem, and finish loading the operatingįlashfs: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directoriesįlashfs: flashfs fsck took 11 seconds.Ĭheck out the contents of flash and locate config.text and vlan.dat (if it exists).ĥ drwx 192 2Īre you sure you want to delete “flash:config.text” (y/n)?yĪre you sure you want to delete “flash:vlan. The system has been interrupted prior to initializing theįlash filesystem. Step 2 Using a pin, press and hold the Reset button on the switch for 15 to 20 seconds. Manually Reset the Switch Step 1 Disconnect all Ethernet cables from the switch. You have now successfully rebooted your switch. To learn more about this feature, click here for instructions. The switch will restore its configuration to factory defaults and restart itself. The password-recovery mechanism is enabled. switch does not automatically download a configuration from a local server. Using a pin, press and hold the Reset button for 10 seconds.

Note that I am assuming that you have already established a console connection to the switch.įirst,boot up the switch while holding down the MODE button until you see the following appear on the screenīoot Sector Filesystem (bs) installed, fsid: 2īase ethernet MAC Address: 00:17:0e:17:de:80 This 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.įirst step of setting up this home lab is to get my two Catalyst 2960s reset to factory defaults.
