Using the serial cable:

 

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/pc5324/en/UG/config.htm#1126062

 

During boot the Startup menu can be used to run special procedures. To enter the Startup menu, press or within the first two seconds after the auto-boot message is displayed.

 

Then you can erase startup, and start over

Thank you,

 

Can I follow the same procedure for erasing the running config as well?

 

Rumhy

The running config is not in non-lolatile memory.  At power-up, the startup-config is loaded into the running config and configures the switch.  Any changes made to the switch configuration will have to be stored in the startup-config or backup-config to be available after a reboot or reset.

 

There is also a backup-config file which can be used to save an alternate configuration.  The backup-config is loaded into the running command by an explicit copy command.

 

console# copy backup-config running-config