Cisco SF300-24P
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.
Access Startup Menu
When prompted and before the countdown ends press the Esc key:
Boot1 Checksum Test...............................PASS Boot2 Checksum Test...............................PASS Flash Image Validation Test.......................PASS BOOT Software Version 1.1.0.6 Built 11-May-2011 18:31:00 # # ### ### ### ### ### ### # ### # # ### # ### ### ### ### ### ### # ### ### ### # ### ### ### # ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### # # ### # # # ### # # ### ### ### ### # # ####### ### ####### ####### ##### ######### ### ### ## ######### ######### ### ### #### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### ######### ### ## ### ######### ######### ####### ### ####### ####### ##### Networking device with Marvell ARM CPU core. 128 MByte SDRAM. I-Cache 16 KB. D-Cache 16 KB. L2 Cache 256 KB. Cache Enabled. MAC Address : f4:ea:67:77:e5:f5. Autoboot in 2 seconds - press RETURN or Esc. to abort and enter prom.
This will present you with a numbered menu and an Enter your choice or press 'ESC' to exit: prompt.
Switch the working mode of the unit from stacking to standalone
At the Startup Menu prompt type 5 to access the Stack menu and press the Enter key:
Startup Menu [1] Download Software [2] Erase Flash File [3] Password Recovery Procedure [4] Set Terminal Baud-Rate [5] Stack menu [6] Back Enter your choice or press 'ESC' to exit:5
At the Stack menu prompt type 3 to set the unit working mode, then type 1 to set it to standalone mode and press the Enter key.
Stack menu [1] Show unit stack id [2] Set unit stack id [3] Set unit working mode [4] Back Enter your choice or press 'ESC' to exit:3 Enter unit working mode [1 - standalone, 2 - stacking]: 1 Unit working mode changed to standalone. ==== Press Enter To Continue ====
Press the Esc key until you exit the boot menu:
Exit from boot menu. Continue with flow. Preparing to decompress... 100% Decompressing SW from image-1 100% OK Running from RAM... Board ID is 13 Device ID 0xe77b11ab ******************************************************************** *** Running SW Ver. 1.1.2.0 Date 12-Nov-2011 Time 23:34:26 *** ******************************************************************** HW version is V02 Base Mac address is: f4:ea:67:77:e5:f5 Dram size is : 128M bytes Dram first block size is : 98304K bytes Dram first PTR is : 0x1C00000 Dram second block size is : 4096K bytes Dram second PTR is : 0x7C00000 Flash size is: 16M 12-Nov-2011 23:34:32 %CDB-I-LOADCONFIG: Loading running configuration. 12-Nov-2011 23:34:32 %CDB-I-LOADCONFIG: Loading startup configuration. Device configuration: Slot 1 - SF 300-24P Device 0: GT_98DX1035 (AlleyCat2) ------------------------------------ -- Unit Standalone -- ------------------------------------
Further output will bring you to the User Name: prompt.
Log in with default credentials and ensure configuration data has been erased.
Type cisco for both the User Name and Password, and type N when prompted to change the password:
User Name:cisco Password:cisco Please change your password from the default settings. Please change the password for better protection of your network. Do you want to change the password (Y/N)[Y] ?N
Type the show vlan and show startup-config commands:
switch77e5f5#show vlan Vlan Name Ports Type Authorization ---- ----------------- --------------------------- ------------ ------------- 1 1 fa1-24,gi1-4,Po1-8 Default Required switch77e5f5#show startup-config Empty configuration
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.
End the session.
Close PuTTy.