Cisco VG248 48-Port Analog Voice Gateway
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 Diagnostics menu.
Press the Esc key when prompted for boot loader menu:
Cisco DAVROS Boot Loader Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Testing RAM.........passed Version 1.0(1). Decompressing image .........completed Launching phase-2 boot image.........success Testing FLASH.......passed Testing EEPROM......passed Testing Ethernet....passed Pausing for FTP.....press Escape for boot loader menu
Use the up and down arrow keys to choose Diagnostics from the Main menu:
---------------------------------------------------------- | Cisco VG248 (VGC152b0485cb) | ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------- | Main menu | |-------------| | Configure | | Display | -> | Diagnostics | -------------
Erase configuration and reboot.
Use the up and down arrow keys to choose the Restore to factory configuration option:
---------------------------------------------------------- | Cisco VG248 Loader (VGC-MACHSE-01) | ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- | Main menu | |----------------------------------| | Configure network interface | | Display system status | -> | Restore to factory configuration | | Restart | ----------------------------------
Use the up and down arrow keys to choose the Restart option:
---------------------------------------------------------- | Cisco VG248 Loader (VGC-MACHSE-01) | ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- | Main menu --------------- | |----------| Restarting... |-------| | Configure --------------- e | | Display system status | | Restore to factory configuration | -> | Restart | ----------------------------------
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.