Cisco 3650 Copy Run Start

[BrianPineville]

Friends - I'm pretty new to CLI.  I'm trying to do a factory reset on a couple of Cisco 3650 switches.  They are running 15.0 - don't have Smartnet for them, so not sure if updating is an option. 

My issue is a simple copy run start will not save after reload.  I did add a vlan and that info was retained after reload.  I have simply changed the hostname to something else, then tried to save, but the reload always comes back to the factory build.  I appreciate any help - trying to get my hands dirty in this CLI stuff. . . - Brian

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Can you post "sh ver" from one of the switches?

Also, if you don't have a SmartNet contract, you will not be able to upgrade to any other version or get support from Cisco.

HTH

[BrianPineville]

I've attached the file with that info.  Thanks

[Georg Pauwen · Accepted solution]

Hello,

not sure if this works in your IOS version, but try the below:

3650#conf t
3650(config)#no system ignore startupconfig switch all
3650(config)#config-register 0x102

[BrianPineville]

Hey, that worked.  Can you please explain to all us noobs what you did there to solve the issue?

Thanks - Brian

[Reza Sharifi]

Can you try changing the config register to 0x102, save and reboot and than test again.

Config t

config-register 0x102

exit

wr

relod

HTH

[Mark Malone · Accepted solution]

You can also check config has saved with more nvram:startup......

That will allow you to see if you changes took instead of reloading each time

[BrianPineville]

That is very handy!  Thanks for the info...