Looking for assistance on how to resolve this issue. Seems like one issue just lead to others. I configured this switch with a script I placed in the flash and everything worked out fine; my username/password was in there, encryption, configs, etc. iOS is also in the flash so reloading the switch sources it from there. To test that the configs stuck I reloaded the switch twice. The first time everything looked good but the second time my configs were completely erased.
Upon researching I discovered the switch had this in the "show version:"
Configuration register is 0x142 (will be 0x102 at next reload)
Upon more researching I found this thread:
https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/config-register-not-changing-after-reload/td-p/2426746
I applied the configs (see below) that seemed to work with the 3650s hoping it would work with the c9200:
conf termin
no system ignore startupconfig switch all
exit
config-register 0x102
write mem
reload
Then after the reload, switch boots up fine and asks for me to press return so I can login with username and password. At this point is where I am given the "Authentication Failure" and the username option does not show. I push enter again and it does the same thing over and over; no way for me to login to my switch. I am thinking I may need to clear/delete the startup/running config or restore default settings. I am new to this switch and would appreciate any help. I think I go into Ronmon correctly but I don't know the commands to clear the startup/running configs or restore to default.
Thank you in advance,
Noober
