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The system will reboot and will now be set back to the factory default setting without any previous saved configurations on the switch.When you have successfully deleted the unwanted files, type boot and press enter.Continue the previous steps for all files except the IOS.You will be asked if you want to delete the file. Type delete flash:, then highlight the name of the file you wish to remove, right click and the file name will be copied next to the colon you typed.Press and hold the front panel MODE button, and power-up the switch. Hitting return should give a prompt, confirming the connection. Connect the blue console cable, and open a TTY session: 9600,8,n,1.
How to set cisco 2950 switch to factory default password#
The IOS will have the model number of the switch as part of the name. Procedure to reset a Cisco 2960 (or 2950) password without losing the switch configuration. Files on the switch, including IOS (line 2 in this example), will be listed.You will see on the screen that the system has booted and is ready for commands.At the user mode (switch>) it will not execute a flashinit command It will not allow the deleting of the config.
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When the switches rebooted, it promptly asked for a password (fortunately, it was CISCO. Continue to hold the mode button until the system LED light stops blinking and no LED’s are lit. Tried this on two different Cisco 2960G switches.While continuing to hold the mode button, insert the power cable in the rear of the switch.Hold down the mode button on the front, left bottom of the switch (and continue to hold through step 5).Insert the console cable into the console port on the back of the switch.Make sure you have Tera Term or Hyper Term open on the computer you will use to console into the switch with.