To enter config mode, issue the config terminal command. Boot the router while holding ctrl and break get into rommon1>. Connect you PC to the router via console cable and connect using Putty.
Large configuration changes will take time to process, please be patient. How to Factory Reset 1800 series Cisco router. # Restoring files #īuild Id: ArubaOS-CX:XL.:feaf5b9b7f09:201901292014įips_post_check: FIPS_POST: Cryptographic selftest started.SUCCESS Theres two ways to clear a switch back to the factory defaults the easy way and the REALLY easy way: The easy way Switch write erase Switch delete flash:vlan.dat Switch reload. SHA: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Clearing out a Cisco switch configuration is always a pain because VLANs are kept in a seperate file from the startup-config (NVRAM). Stopped Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.īuild ID: ServiceOS:GT.:8ee0faaa52da:201810301420 Stopped ArubaOS-CX Switch Daemon for BCM. In the user view, run reset factory-configuration. If you want to clear all service configurations and data files, run the following command to restore the switch to factory default in one-click mode. The system is going down for zeroization. Restoring the Switch to Factory Default in One-Click Mode.
This should take several minutes to one hour to complete. Reset a switch running Cisco IOS Software to factory defaults Enter enable mode by typing: The console prompt should change from switch> to switch to. Switch unavailable until the zeroization is complete. At this now while still holding the mode button down, plug in the power cable. This will initiate a reboot and render the Cisco Switches do not have an on\off switch, they are simply powered on by supplying power to them.
This will securely erase all customer data and reset the switch Switch# copy running-config t json vrf mgmt Backing up the running configuration to a file on a remote server (using TFTP), resetting the switch to its factory default state, and then restoring the saved configuration.