Stacked Cisco 3750 24Port POE - Password Reset - Any Special Prep Needed

[switchUpswitchDown]

Hi All,

I'm planning to reset the 'secret' password as well as console + ssh passwords for 6 x Cisco 3750 switches, stacked together.

I've successfully booted into 'switch>' mode upon a number of switches, only two of which were stacked - nothing unexpected happened, other than the startup config extracted from the switches were identical (I was expecting some form of 'switch A' and 'switch B' identifying each switch).

Is this normal or should there be something different on each stacked switch.

My thinking being if I can reset the passwords and copy the config from one of the six switches, I may not have to do the same on the other 5 if the config is identical.

Thanks.

[Leo Laohoo]

1. POWER DOWN the slave switches;
2. With the master switch, go into ROMmon;
3. Rename config.text to something else.
4. Boot the master switch and it should boot into factory-default state;
5. Rename the file back to config.text;
6. copy start run
7. Change the passwords;
8. Save the config;
9. Power up the rest of the stack members.

[switchUpswitchDown]

Thanks for the quick response Leo!

I've got those stages noted from the other switches I've been working with.

Is there a way to identify the master switch, if its not labelled up?

Thanks

[Mark Malone]

Usually there's a an extra led on front of the master switch lit up ,no 7 led

LEDs

You can use the switch LEDs to monitor switch activity and its performance. Figure 1-4 and Figure 1-5 show the switch LEDs and the Mode button that you use to select one of the port modes.

Figure 1-4 24- and 48-Port Switch LEDs

1	Mode button	6	Status LED
2	PoE LED1	7	Master LED2
3	Stack LED2	8	RPS 23003 LED
4	Speed LED	9	System LED
5	Duplex LED

[switchUpswitchDown]

Brilliant, thanks for this bit of info.

I'll have a look and see if I can determine the master switch.

Thanks