CAT 2950 Factory Default reset when fron button pushed

[jonhill]

We have just started using the 2950 and have been told by two different people that if you hold the button down on the from of the switch for 3-4 seconds it does a factory reset, is this true?

Is there anyway of disabling this feature as some of our switches are in public access areas and don't want someone resetting them for us?

Thanks

Jon Hill

[alagrawa · Accepted solution]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for writing in. You've heard correct info.

If you hold the Mode button for 10 seconds, the switch configuration is deleted and the switch reboots. This is stated at the link below.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5023/products_command_reference_chapter09186a00802127d7.html#wp1936829

The above link also gives a command to disable this feature.

Disable express setup by the command, 'no setup express'.

The following line is mentioned at the above link.

"The primary purpose of the no setup express command is to prevent someone from deleting the switch configuration by pressing the Mode button for 10 seconds."

Hope that helps.

regards

-Alok