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mgeddes · 02-07-2007

Hi,I reset a Catalyst 4500 to the factory defaults following the Cisco Document http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps607/products_tech_note09186a00800c4546.shtmlUnder the "Reset Switch Configuration" section of the "Switches running Cisc...

mgeddes · 02-06-2007

I was sent a 4506 switch from another office with a Supervisor Engine II+. I've never touched a Cisco switch before and the password is unknown. I followed the Cisco document on how to reset the password, which is necessary in order to reset the enti...

mgeddes · 02-08-2007

Thanks to all who replied!I knew I was running IOS but the "Quick Software COnfiguration Guide - Catalyst 4500 Series" makes no mention that it matters. I've checked again from the beginning of the manual and it doesn't even mention IOS or CatOS in t...

mgeddes · 02-08-2007

Hi,I'm running IOS 12.2(25)EWA. The documentation I've found for "Configuring the Switch for the First Time" uses release 12.2(25)EW in the example for the 4500, so I assume the example should be valid for my system. Unfortunately the documentation i...

mgeddes · 02-07-2007

I had to type "enable" first to run switch# erase startup-config. When it reloaded I was able to terminate the auto install. The system then tried to automatically configure things from one of our DNS servers but failed because of errors opening tftp...

mgeddes · 02-07-2007

Thanks everyone for all the help. The more I read the manuals I came to realize that there probably isn't even a password on my system. I'd type "enable" and it would go to the # prompt without asking for a password. I didn't realize that the "enable...

mgeddes · 02-06-2007

Thanks, but confreg 0x2142 replies with "usage: confreg".I tried ConfReg=0x2142 and it replies "error: "ConfReg" can not be set directly. Use confreg command to set it.Can you think of anything else?

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