#REBOOT CISCO SWITCH HOW TO#
#REBOOT CISCO SWITCH SERIAL#
#REBOOT CISCO SWITCH SOFTWARE#
#REBOOT CISCO SWITCH DOWNLOAD#

Type exit and press Enter to exit configuration exec mode. Type the command switch 1 priority 15 and hit enter. The last thing we will focus on is setting the priority of the switch to a default of вЂ15вЂ™.Type conf t to re-enter configuration exec mode, and now type the command no switch SWITCH_NUM provision in order to remove the provisioned switch, where вЂSWITCH_NUMвЂ™ is the number of the switch you want to remove (in this case it is вЂ2вЂ™).This can be done by re-entering configuration mode. Since we no longer need Switch 2 to appear in the stack as we can see by the Provisioned label, we need to remove it. Once it is booted again we will want to type the command show switch again, where you should see two items listed: Switch 1 and Switch 2. Enter the command reload to reboot and make the changes on the switch.Now type exit and press Enter to exit the configuration mode. Switch SWITCH_NUM renumber 1 вЂ“ It may display a prompt about the configuration remaining as provisioned you may confirm this as we will fix it in the next step. Now, enter the following command, with вЂ SWITCH_NUMвЂ™ being the number listed from the show switch command:.Your terminal in PuTTY should now display Switch(config) on the left. First, enter the command conf t to enter the switch configuration exec mode.Note: If the number under вЂSwitch#вЂ™ is set to вЂ1вЂ™, you may SKIP to Step 8. If you see any number other than вЂ2вЂ™, you must change the switch number to вЂ1вЂ™.

Enter the command show switch and take a look at the output underneath вЂ Switch#вЂ™.

Since switches can be stacked into multi-switch configurations, we need to check what вЂnumberвЂ™ the switch is set to.

+ Note: If you are prompted for a username and password, you may have to repeat the sections вЂGetting StartedвЂ™ and вЂClearing the DataвЂ™. This will put you into Privilege Exec mode allowing you to do commands that require elevated privileges. Now type the letters en and press Enter, you should now see Switch# appear on the left side.

You should now see Switch> appear on the left side, which indicates being in the regular switch mode.

The switch should now be fully booted and will display a prompt asking to enter the initial configuration dialog.

You can now type boot and press Enter in order to boot the switch into its regular firmware.

Once you are finished deleting all of the files, if you enter the dir flash: command you should see two remaining files.

config.text) other than the two files mentioned above. Retype this command replacing vlan.dat with all of the other files (e.g. We can start by deleting the file dat by typing the command del flash:vlan.dat, and then pressing Enter.

You should see a list of files come up we will want to delete all of the files here except multiple-fs and the firmware, which should look something like 10.

+ Note: DonвЂ™t forget to type the colon in вЂdir flash:вЂ™

Now you need to list the files on the switch, which you can do by typing in dir flash: and then pressing Enter.

Start by initiating the flash (storage) by typing flash_init and hit Enter.

In ROM mode there are a limited number of commands we can use, but we still have access to the delete command which we will use to delete old configuration files on the switch.

Continue holding the button until you see text appear in the PuTTY dialog box, you may release the button after.

On the front of the Cisco network switch, press and hold the Mode button without letting go, and then plug the power cable into the back of the switch.

Once you have the above settings confirmed within PuTTY, press the Open You will not see any text within this dialog box until the next step.

If you are using the adapter, the text should be COM3.

#REBOOT CISCO SWITCH SERIAL#

If you not using the Serial to USB adapter ensure the text inside the Serial Line text box says COM1.

#REBOOT CISCO SWITCH SOFTWARE#

Open the PuTTY software and select the вЂ SerialвЂ™ radio button.

If you are working off of a laptop, you will need a Serial to USB connector as mentioned above.

Start by plugging a blue console cable into the back of the switch (RJ45), and the other end (serial) into the back of the computer.

#REBOOT CISCO SWITCH DOWNLOAD#

Click on the exe next to 64-bit and download it to your PC.

Scroll down to Alternative binary files.

Resetting a Cisco Network Switch Needed Items

#REBOOT CISCO SWITCH HOW TO#

This guide will inform you on how to reset a Cisco Network switch by first entering ROM mode to reset the password, and then by changing the settings on the switch back to their defaults.

Reboot cisco switch