Clear configuration files on Switch to factory defaults

[paul dungey]

Good Morning,

I have a 4500 Catalysts switched (4510 R ) that require the configuration to wiped back to factory default setting,

How would i go about clearing the configuration on each module board

Sorry if this question has been asked before

The chassis consists of

2 x Supervisor engines v WS-X4516 with Flash cards

4 x WS x84448 GB RJ45 48 port switches

1 x  WS x4306 GB Switch Module

I also have a Catalyst 6500 that requires each module within the chassis to we wiped back to factory defaults

1 x Supervisor engine WS X 6k SUP 2- 2GE

1 x WS X6416 G-Bic 16 port GB Ethernet

4 X WS X 6148 CE-TX Base T GE 10/100/1000

1 x WS X6348 48 Port Inline Power Capable

And i have a Catalyst WS - C 6513 with the following Module card that need the configuration wiped to Factory defaults as well

[andrew.prince]

running CatOS or IOS?

[paul dungey]

Hi Andrew

The following text is taken from my Catalyst 4510 R,

Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4000 L3 Switch Software (cat4000-I9S-M), Version 12
.2(25)EWA8, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 24-Jan-07 14:38 by pwade
Image text-base: 0x10000000, data-base: 0x114EECF0

Compressed configuration from 58171 bytes to 16787 bytes[OK][OK]

***********************************
*       STANDBY SUPERVISOR        *
*     REDUNDANCY mode is SSO      *
*        Continue bootup          *
***********************************
cisco WS-C4510R (MPC8245) processor (revision 4) with 524288K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOX11100GNE
MPC8245 CPU at 400Mhz, Supervisor V
Last reset from PowerUp
250 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
511K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
Compress config cannot be disabled

Successfully configured from rcsf file, ha_alternate_parse TRUE

[Leo Laohoo]

You want the correct way or the quick-n-nasty way?

Correct Way

1.  Erase the VLAN.dat file;

2.  Erase the config using the command "wr erase"; and

3.  Make sure you don't have any other files there other than the IOS in your CF or your supervisor flash.

Quick-n-nasty Way

1.  Command:  "format flash:"  (I don't know if the card you are using has a supervisor-disk but you can use the command "format ?" to find out.)

2.  Done.