05-10-2019 11:26 AM
How do you execute a factory reset on a WS-C3850-24P-L running Denali 16.3.5b? There is no documentation relevant to this IOS / hardware combo that works. Not that I can find, anyways. The "factory reset" CLI command wasn't introduced until a later version of 16, and the press-and-hold the MODE button does not work, no matter how long I hold it.
05-10-2019 11:57 AM
05-10-2019 11:59 AM
So, your version of the software doesn't have this command?
erase startup-config
HTH
05-10-2019 02:29 PM
05-10-2019 04:33 PM
Then the closest you get to factory default maybe the command "write erase"
HTH
05-13-2019 08:20 AM
Oy vey. Not that I'm venting towards you, but that's just ridiculous that a $1700 switch has no means of resetting to factory defaults.
But I guess your answer IS helpful, though. It's taught me that I'm going to yank these things out of service, sell them to whoever's buying, and never purchase Cisco switches ever again. What POS crap.
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