Cannot Factory Reset C9200L

[AbbyDoc]

Hello community,

I am trying to  factory reset and C9200L switch but it does not seem to be working after the final reload I get the message below.

*Apr 4 17:50:16.221: %PLATFORM-4-ELEMENT_WARNING: Switch 1 R0/0: smand: 1/RP/0: limited space - copy files out of flash: directory. flash: value 81% (1554 MB) exceeds warning level 70% (1337 MB).

I then run the command to list the files but not sure what I can delete and how.

32403 drwx 4096 Apr 4 2026 17:56:11 +00:00 pnp-tech
32424 -rw- 0 Apr 4 2026 17:43:58 +00:00 dope_hist
32397 -rw- 15325 Apr 4 2026 17:43:58 +00:00 rdope_out.txt
32402 -rw- 2097152 Apr 4 2026 17:43:55 +00:00 nvram_config_bkup
32401 -rw- 2097152 Apr 4 2026 17:43:55 +00:00 nvram_config
32398 -rw- 89 Apr 4 2026 17:43:55 +00:00 rdope.log
48578 drwx 4096 Apr 4 2026 17:43:50 +00:00 license_evlog
32426 -rw- 616 Apr 4 2026 17:43:48 +00:00 vlan.dat
32419 -rw- 17 Apr 4 2026 17:43:00 +00:00 rmon_var_template
32389 -rw- 138115 Apr 4 2026 17:42:53 +00:00 memleak.tcl
32390 -rw- 2305 Apr 4 2026 17:42:51 +00:00 boothelper.log
35 drwx 4096 Apr 4 2026 17:42:47 +00:00 dc_profile_dir
32388 -rw- 1517 Apr 4 2026 17:42:27 +00:00 bootloader_evt_handle.log
64770 drwx 4096 Apr 4 2026 17:42:25 +00:00 .installer
32400 -rw- 2305 Apr 4 2026 16:52:42 +00:00 boothelper.log.old
72865 drwx 4096 Apr 4 2026 04:19:40 +00:00 .prst_sync
32386 -rw- 265 Apr 4 2026 04:17:10 +00:00 lateshutdown.log
64775 drwx 4096 Apr 4 2026 04:16:19 +00:00 .dbpersist
48577 drwx 4096 Nov 5 2024 10:12:51 +00:00 pnp-info
72866 drwx 4096 Nov 4 2024 16:24:00 +00:00 .rollback_timer
32418 -rw- 4905 Nov 4 2024 16:23:17 +00:00 packages.conf
32415 -rw- 4905 Nov 4 2024 16:20:00 +00:00 cat9k_lite_iosxe.17.12.04.SPA.conf
56682 -rw- 44389259 Nov 4 2024 16:19:56 +00:00 cat9k_lite-rpboot.17.12.04.SPA.pkg
56681 -rw- 11763712 Nov 4 2024 16:18:18 +00:00 cat9k_lite-webui.17.12.04.SPA.pkg
56680 -rw- 6316032 Nov 4 2024 16:18:17 +00:00 cat9k_lite-srdriver.17.12.04.SPA.pkg
56679 -rw- 408268800 Nov 4 2024 16:18:17 +00:00 cat9k_lite-rpbase.17.12.04.SPA.pkg
56673 drwx 4096 Nov 4 2024 16:15:54 +00:00 .images
32414 -rw- 470296483 Nov 4 2024 16:11:19 +00:00 cat9k_lite_iosxe.17.12.04.SPA.bin
64791 -rw- 44267403 Apr 20 2024 22:41:15 +00:00 cat9k_lite-rpboot.17.09.05.SPA.pkg
64790 -rw- 14876672 Apr 20 2024 22:39:34 +00:00 cat9k_lite-webui.17.09.05.SPA.pkg
64789 -rw- 5980160 Apr 20 2024 22:39:33 +00:00 cat9k_lite-srdriver.17.09.05.SPA.pkg
64788 -rw- 409178112 Apr 20 2024 22:39:33 +00:00 cat9k_lite-rpbase.17.09.05.SPA.pkg
64773 drwx 4096 Apr 20 2024 22:31:11 +00:00 core
32399 drwx 4096 Apr 20 2024 22:30:48 +00:00 onep
32395 -rw- 1261 Apr 20 2024 22:29:54 +00:00 Baltimore.ca
32394 -rw- 1606 Apr 20 2024 22:29:54 +00:00 StarfieldServicesRootCA.ca
32393 -rw- 1924 Apr 20 2024 22:29:54 +00:00 ISRGRootX1CrossSignDST.ca
32392 -rw- 1338 Apr 20 2024 22:29:54 +00:00 DigiCertGlobalRootCA.ca
24290 drwx 4096 Apr 20 2024 22:29:50 +00:00 .rommon_sync
16193 drwx 4096 Apr 20 2024 22:29:50 +00:00 fp_cc_crash
8104 drwx 4096 Apr 20 2024 22:29:50 +00:00 sys_report
8097 drwx 4096 Apr 20 2024 22:29:49 +00:00 Tbot
37 drwx 4096 Apr 20 2024 22:29:46 +00:00 EDScisco
11 drwx 4096 Apr 20 2024 22:29:46 +00:00 tech_support
32387 -rwx 0 Dec 16 2020 17:25:24 +00:00 mode_event_log
64769 drwx 4096 Dec 16 2020 17:25:24 +00:00 SHARED-IOX
32413 drwx 4096 Dec 16 2020 17:25:21 +00:00 pcap

1956839424 bytes total (364851200 bytes free)
Switch#

kind regards,

AbbyDoc

[Stefan Mihajlov]

@AbbyDoc ola, warn inidicate ur flash drive is too FULL to process reset, but if i can remember u can free up space -> install remove inactive -> this will clean out old package files.

+ since ur sw is booting from packages.conf in install mode, u can manually remove leftover 470MB installation file -> delete flash:cat9k_lite_iosxe.17.12.04.SPA.bin

[Leo Laohoo]

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@AbbyDoc wrote:
I am trying to  factory reset and C9200L switch 

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Use the following command to factory reset the config of the switch: 

factory-reset config

To completely wipe (or clean out) the flash use the following command: 

factory-reset all

WARNING:  The command will completely clean out the flash and, because all the files have been wiped clean, the switch will boot into ROMMON.  

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@AbbyDoc wrote:

*Apr 4 17:50:16.221: %PLATFORM-4-ELEMENT_WARNING: Switch 1 R0/0: smand: 1/RP/0: limited space - copy files out of flash: directory. flash: value 81% (1554 MB) exceeds warning level 70% (1337 MB).

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Please try this:  

conf t
 iox
exit
guestshell enable 
guestshell destroy 
conf t
 no iox
end

If this works, then it is CSCwa71156 & CSCwo59318.

[paul driver · Accepted solution]

Hello
Suggest clean up your flash then try a factory reset once more

delete /force /recursive flash:*.17.09.05.SPA.pkg
delete /force /recursive flash:*.bin
delete /force /recursive flash:sys_report/*
delete /force /recursive flash:core/*

now perform either:

- factory-reset all

-write erase
  delete flash:vlan.dat
  reload

[AbbyDoc]

Hello @paul driver,

That all worked thanks.

I used the wipe erase.

However, I cannot access the Day Zero provisioning on the Cisco Catalyst 9200 which is one of the requiments for installation of the switch.

Kind Regards,

AbbyDoc