This article explains how to Restore Factory Defaults on Dell Networking Force10 S6000
Objectives
- Important Points to Remember
- Command to Restore Factory Default
- Examples
Important Points to Remember
- When you restore all the units in a stack, these units are placed in standalone mode.
- When you restore a single unit in a stack, only that unit is placed in standalone mode. No other units in the stack are affected.
- When you restore the units in standalone mode, the units remain in standalone mode after the restoration.
- After the restore is complete, the units power cycle immediately.
Command to Restore Factory Default
Warning - Restoring factory defaults will delete the existing persistent settings (configuration, stacking, fanout, etc.) After restoration the unit(s) will be power cycled immediately. Proceed with CAUTION!
Command |
Parameters |
FTOS# restore factory-defaults stack-unit {0-5 | all} {bootvar | clear-all | nvram} |
Restores and clears config, stacking, fanout, etc..
Bootvar - Reset Boot environment variables
Clear-all - Reset BootVar, NvRam and configurations
NvRam - Reset NvRam |
Examples
Example of resetting all stack units:
FTOS#restore factory-defaults stack-unit all nvram
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* Warning - Restoring factory defaults will delete the existing *
* startup-config and all persistent settings (stacking, fanout, etc.)*
* All the units in the stack will be split into standalone units. *
* After restoration the unit(s) will be powercycled immediately. *
* Proceed with caution !
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Proceed with factory settings? Confirm [yes/no]:yes
-- Restore status --
Unit Nvram Config
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0 Success Success
1 Success Success
2 Success Success
3 Not present
4 Not present
5 Not presentPower
Power-cycling the unit(s).
FTOS#
Example of resetting single switch
FTOS#restore factory-defaults stack-unit 1 nvram
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*Warning - Restoring factory defaults will delete the existing *
* persistent settings (stacking, fanout, etc.) *
* After restoration the unit(s) will be powercycled immediately. *
* Proceed with caution ! *
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Proceed with factory settings? Confirm [yes/no]:yes
-- Restore status --
Unit Nvram Config
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1 Success
Power-cycling the unit(s)
FTOS#