5324 Reset to factory defaults

Question

I'm re-purposing a pair of 5324's that I plan on LAG'ing 3 ports. These switches were used in a cluster and previously configured rather heavily.

I've gone in with the terminal and reset IP's so that I could use the web interface (much nicer than the CLI) and reset everything I knew about to a default state. Mainly VLAN's and previous LAG's. As a test I cabled up the LAG I created with CAT5e, plugged at CAT5e in to the wall and then to the first switch, finally I placed a windows machine on the second switch. No packets were routed out. As a second test I removed the cables for the LAG, moved the windows box to the first (and now only) switch. Still no packets were routed out.

I feel now I need a way to wipe the switch and start fresh. Any ideas how to bring back that 'factory fresh feeling'?

-Aaron

GregG1 · Answer

To reset the default configuration, you simply need to delete the startup-config file and reboot the switch:   switch# delete startup-config switch# reload

yeahmag · Answer

Thanks. I'll give it a try this afternoon. -Aaron

yeahmag · Answer

That did the trick. Set up the LAG, disabled Spanning Tree and away I went. Thanks. -Aaron

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5324 Reset to factory defaults

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