Adtran NetVanta 6332

  1. Start the console session.

    Plug in serial cable to console port of device from PC COM1 port
    Open PuTTY and select "Serial" connection type, leave baud rate (Speed) and other settings as default.
    Plug power into device and if a power button exists, turn it on.
  2. Erase configuration and boot up

    Press Esc when prompted and before the countdown ends:
    NV6300 (47006332G1) Executing bootstrap... ram: 134217728 bytes of RAM detected. Serial Number: CFG0976875 Bootstrap version: A3.01.B2, checksum: 637C, Fri Dec 17 14:11:35 2010 vfs: NONVOL: 504 tracks, 128 sectors/track, 1024 bytes/sector. vfs: compact flash not present Hardware version M.1 Pci manager: BroadCom 4401 device on PCI bus 0: device 16 Pci manager: BroadCom 4401 device on PCI bus 0: device 17 bootstrap: Checking boot configuration... bootstrap: Primary image is 'NONVOL:/9700100G-2A405.biz'. (press Esc) bootstrap: User escaped to command line interface. eth0/1: MAC address is 00:A0:C8:83:38:A5 cli: starting user interface Press '?' for help.
    Type the enable and erase startup-config commands, confirming with y:
    bootstrap#enable bootstrap#erase startup-config Erase startup-configuration? [y or n]y Startup configuration erased.
    Type the bypass startup-config and boot commands:
    bootstrap#bypass startup-config bootstrap#boot bootstrap: Primary image is 'NONVOL:/9700100G-2A405.biz'. bootstrap: Booting 'NONVOL:/9700100G-2A405.biz' bootstrap: Reading 12151796 bytes of code, stand by... bootstrap: Inflating, stand by...
    Press Enter when "Press RETURN to get started." appears:
    cli: starting user interface starting ISDN Stack Persistence viewer: Skipping restore ... no startup-config. Session now available Press RETURN to get started. 2008.07.04 12:32:16 INTERFACE_STATUS.fxs 0/1 changed state to up 2008.07.04 12:32:16 INTERFACE_STATUS.fxs 0/2 changed state to up 2008.07.04 12:32:16 INTERFACE_STATUS.fxs 0/3 changed state to up 2008.07.04 12:32:16 INTERFACE_STATUS.fxs 0/4 changed state to up 2008.07.04 12:32:16 INTERFACE_STATUS.fxs 0/5 changed state to up 2008.07.04 12:32:16 INTERFACE_STATUS.fxs 0/6 changed state to up 2008.07.04 12:32:16 INTERFACE_STATUS.fxs 0/7 changed state to up 2008.07.04 12:32:16 INTERFACE_STATUS.fxs 0/8 changed state to up
  3. Erase any backup configuration.

    At the NV6332> prompt type the enable command, then at the NV6332# prompt type the dir command for the file list:
    NV6332>enable NV6332#dir 12151796 9700100G-2A405.biz 15320587 NV6300A-R10-9-3-E.biz 8614 startup-config.bak 27615390 bytes used, 32840385 available, 60455775 total
    Use the erase command with any backup files:
    NV6332#erase startup-config.bak Deleting NONVOL:/startup-config.bak... done. NV6332#
  4. Copy all the output from the session into your records.

    Right-click PuTTY's titlebar, from that dropdown menu click on "Copy All to Clipboard"
    Open the file of record certifying the deconfiguration of this device and use CTRL V to paste all the output from PuTTY into that file. Formatting the text with a fixed-width font helps it look more readable.
  5. End the session.

    Close PuTTy.