5 – Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
Recovering a Switch
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To recover a switch, do the following:
1. Place the switch in maintenance mode. Press and hold the Maintenance
button with a pointed tool. When the Heartbeat LED alone is illuminated,
release the button.
2. Establish a Telnet session with the switch using the maintenance mode IP
address 10.0.0.1.
3. Enter the maintenance mode account name and password (prom, prom),
and press the Enter key.
Switch login: prom
Password:xxxx
4. The maintenance menu displays several recovery options. To select a
switch recovery option, press the corresponding number (displayed in
option: field) on the keyboard and press the Enter key.
0) Exit
1) Image Unpack
2) Reset Network Config
3) Reset User Accounts to Default
4) Copy Log Files
5) Remove Switch Config
6) Remake Filesystem
7) Reset Switch
8) Update Boot Loader
Option:
These options and their use are described in the following subsections.
5.3.1
Maintenance – Exit
This option closes the current login session. To log in again, enter the
maintenance mode account name and password (prom, prom). To return to
normal operation, momentarily press and release the Maintenance button or
power cycle the switch.