I've been task to go through some inventory and I've came across a Catalyst 3650 that I can't seem to rest and not sure why. Since I don't know the username or password I am entering ROM mode
I initialize the flash
Booting...
flash_init
boot
switch: flash_init
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[7]: 0 files, 1 directories
flashfs[7]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[7]: Total bytes: 6784000
flashfs[7]: Bytes used: 1024
flashfs[7]: Bytes available: 6782976
flashfs[7]: flashfs fsck took 2 seconds....done Initializing Flash.
I want to show that my file systems are read only so I can't just delete the files in flash
switch: dir
xmodem[0]: (read-only)
null[1]: (read-write)
bs[3]: (read-only)
flash[18]: (read-only)
tftp[19]: (read-write)
ftp[20]: (read-only)
http[21]: (read-only)
I set the ignore start up configure to true
switch: set SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG = 1
switch: boot
From here it starts to boot and eventually I get back to the username/password, I've done this serval times on other switches but this time I'm not able to bypass the startup config. to factory reset it. here is what happens
Getting rest of image
Reading full image into memory...Check base package header ...: done = 16384
Getting rest of image
Reading full image into memory....done
Reading full base package into memory...: done = 32795564
Bundle Image
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Kernel Address : 0x5377c3c4
Kernel Size : 0x4381df/4424159
Initramfs Address : 0x53bb45a3
Initramfs Size : 0x1ab5e09/28007945
Compression Format: mzip
Bootable image at @ ram:0x5377c3c4
Bootable image segment 0 address range [0x81100000, 0x81da5280] is in range [0x80180000, 0x90000000].
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@boot_system: 623
Loading Linux kernel with entry point 0x81895bf0 ...
Bootloader: Done loading app on core_mask: 0xf
### Launching Linux Kernel (flags = 0x5)
Linux version 4.9.187 (sumikum7@sjc-ads-5670) (gcc version 5.3.0 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Nov 19 03:09:46 PST 2021
CVMSEG size: 2 cache lines (256 bytes)
Cavium Inc. SDK-5.1.0
bootconsole [early0] enabled
CPU0 revision is: 000d900a (Cavium Octeon II)
Checking for the multiply/shift bug... no.
Checking for the daddiu bug... no.
%IOSXEBOOT-a5d0a45363676f12d25f956ac5d347ad-new_cksum: (rp/0): 4
%IOSXEBOOT-a5d0a45363676f12d25f956ac5d347ad-saved_cksum: (rp/0): 4
Final tar file: mcu_ucode_bundle_8_1_0.tar
Both links down, not waiting for other switches
Switch number is 1
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FIPS: Flash Key Check : Begin
FIPS: Flash Key Check : End, Not Found, FIPS Mode Not Enabled
All TCP AO KDF Tests Pass
cisco WS-C3650-48PS (MIPS) processor (revision H0) with 794816K/6147K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FDO1926E2J3
2048K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
4194304K bytes of physical memory.
250456K bytes of Crash Files at crashinfo:.
1609272K bytes of Flash at flash:.
0K bytes of WebUI ODM Files at webui:.
Base Ethernet MAC Address : 18:8b:9d:73:96:80
Motherboard Assembly Number : 73-15901-04
Motherboard Serial Number : FDO19261LAF
Model Revision Number : H0
Motherboard Revision Number : A0
Model Number : WS-C3650-48PS
System Serial Number : FDO1926E2J3
WARNING: Command has been added to the configuration using a type 7 password. However, type 7 passwords will soon be deprecated. Migrate to a supported password type
Press RETURN to get started!
Any help is greatly appreciated
