IBM Rack Switch G8264
Start the console session.
Plug in serial cable to MicroUSB port of device from PC serial 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.
Enter the Boot Management Menu.
When you see "Memory Test" press Shift B to enter Boot Menu Mode:
U-Boot 2009.06 (Aug 20 2014 - 01:41:21) CPU: 8536, Version: 1.2, (0x80370092) Core: E500, Version: 3.0, (0x80210030) Clock Configuration: CPU0:1500 MHz, CCB:500 MHz, DDR:250 MHz (500 MT/s data rate), LBC:31.250 MHz L1: D-cache 32 kB enabled I-cache 32 kB enabled Board: Networking OS RackSwitch G8264 (36-bit addrmap), Version: 0.0.0.5 I2C: ready DRAM: 4 GB Memory Test .......... Boot Menu Mode FLASH: 32 MB L2: 512 KB enabled NAND: 2048 MiB Serdes2 disabled PCIE1 connected to Slot1 as Root Complex (base address e000a000) PCIE1 on bus 00 - 01 Net: eTSEC1
Erase configuration.
At the Please choose your menu option: prompt type 2 then type f at the next prompt:
Boot Management Menu 1 - Change booting image 2 - Change configuration block 3 - Boot in recovery mode (tftp and xmodem download of images to recover switch) 4 - Xmodem download (for boot image only - use recovery mode for application images) 5 - Reboot 6 - Exit Please choose your menu option: 2 Currently using active configuration block Enter configuration block: a, b or f (active, backup or factory): f
Check the default credentials work.
Type 6 to exit the Boot Management Menu:
Boot Management Menu 1 - Change booting image 2 - Change configuration block 3 - Boot in recovery mode (tftp and xmodem download of images to recover switch) 4 - Xmodem download (for boot image only - use recovery mode for application images) 5 - Reboot 6 - Exit Please choose your menu option: 6 Booting OS Sat Jan 1 00:09:00 UTC 2000 Booting image '2' Running install script Preparing Python Sandbox... Mounting scripts directory... Launching pysched_server... Initializing Production Mode ..... Summit Version: BEP-00187-00_REV1 Early Initialization Done. (6 secs) 4128MB w/33024-128KB sectors PCI unit 0: Dev 0xb846, Rev 0x02, Chip BCM56846_A0, Driver BCM56840_B0 Initialize Ports .................................................... DONE Port Initialize Done. (17 secs) Rebooted because of power cycle. Booting complete 0:10:51 Sun Jan 1, 2000: Version 7.11.10 from FLASH image2, factory default configuration. IBM Networking Operating System RackSwitch G8264. Jan 1 0:10:51 192.168.49.50 INFO system: booted version 7.11.10 from FLASH image2, factory default configuration
Type admin when prompted for the password, then the enable command:
Enter password: admin Jan 1 0:10:51 192.168.49.50 INFO system: Assigned default IP 192.168.49.50 to data interface Jan 1 0:10:51 192.168.49.50 INFO system: Assigned default IP 192.168.50.50 to mgmt interface … RS G8264>enable Enable privilege granted. RS G8264#
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.