Reconfigure Cisco 2960

[jessnew321]

I have a 2960C switch which I would like to reconfigure. Currently, the management vlan is on vlan 1 and I would prefer to to have it on another vlan (as per best practices). I have tried unsuccessfully to move the ip address from vlan 1 and think the best way forward is to reset the switch. The switch ios has been upgraded to version 15.

My question is; is there a way to to clear the configuration on this switch but keep its current ios version? The switch came with version 12. I believe this can be done on catOS switches but is there a way to do it on ios?

Am I missing a very simple way to accomplish what I want? I am trying to avoid having to flash the switch again but I'd really like to configure the switch conforming to best practices.

[Madhukrishnan Gopinathan Nair]

Why do you want to clear the whole config when you require only a smaller change.

Take a console connection to this box, remove the ip address config under vlan 1 and move the same configuration to the desired vlan you want to use. There is no need to delete the whole config.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Madhu

[jessnew321]

Hi Madhu, I  tried removing the ip address from vlan 1 and giving it to a new vlan# but I would lose the ability to communicate with the router. I also set the default gateway as my router's ip address (192.168.1.1)  but it still would connect.

[Madhukrishnan Gopinathan Nair]

Yes, thats why I asked you to do it over a console connection so that you can configure it.

Thanks,

Madhu

[Charles Hill]

Don't forget to allow the vlan across the trunk.

[jessnew321]

I actually don't have a trunk configured. I have the switch connected to the router and am using inter-vlan (static) routing to route traffic (not router-on-a-stick).

I assume if it works properly configured this way it should work the same on say vlan 99? I wouldn't need the trunk correct?