need to reset 5012 managed switch to orignal factory options.

Question

we have two functioning power connect 5012 which were on the shelf and wanted to put them back into service at the top of two server farms.  however when we tried to initiate a hyperterminal session the switches each perform a portID check which our portable computer does not pass and the switches trap to a forced crash.  we think we need to reset the factor defaults but do not know how to reset them from the system prompt after pressing  ESC during the switch boot.  We do know how to set the passwork from the system prompt and have been able to do so but we need to reset the port ID check security block.  can you tell us how to reset the switches from the system prompt obtained by interupting the system boot sequency with ESC at initial power up of the switches?   Hope this clear enough.    thanks steph

mombodog · Answer

Have you tried a telnet session as described here <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>  also page 14 here   http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/common/en/addendum/9x417bk0.pdf 'Restore' restores preinstalled default settings

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