4500 vss how to factory reset both switches

[patricianet]

I need to factory default a pair of 4500 switches in VSS mode. 

This is how I plan to do it. 

1.  on switch 1  execute redundancy force-switchover

2. write erase on the switch 2 and reload

3. this should failover to switch 1

4. write erase in switch 1

Is there anything I missed? Should I remove 

Maybe I should do a switch convert mode stand-alone on both switches and then do  a write erase on both?

[Leo Laohoo]

1.  Configure the config-registry to 0x2101.  Reboot the entire chassis.  

2.  Once the chassis reboot, both cards should boot up without reading the startup-config file. 

3.  Go into configuration mode and change the config-registry to 0x2102.  

4.  Exit configuration mode and erase the configuration using the command "wr erase".  

5.  Don't forget to delete the VLAN.dat file.

[deepak george]

Dear Leo,

I tried setting the  switch to factory reset, however i could see the VSS config file saved in the bootflash, i deleted the same, however switch started again in VSS mode, i had to convert it into standalone mode for the switch to exit from VSS

[Reza Sharifi]

You have to convert the chassis to stand-alone mode before erasing the configs, if not the all the VSS config/changes will stay.

HTH

[x-services@jcmr.net]

Hi Reza, what's the commands to convert the chassis to a stand-alone?