Switch Lockout; Resetting The Switch; Reload The Configuration File - ZyXEL Communications XGS-4728F User Manual

Chapter 4 The Web Configurator

4.5 Switch Lockout

You could block yourself (and all others) from using in-band-management
(managing through the data ports) if you do one of the following:
Delete the management VLAN (default is VLAN 1).
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Delete all port-based VLANs with the CPU port as a member. The "CPU port" is the
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management port of the Switch.
Filter all traffic to the CPU port.
3
Disable all ports.
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Misconfigure the text configuration file.
5
Forget the password and/or IP address.
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Prevent all services from accessing the Switch.
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Change a service port number but forget it.
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Note: Be careful not to lock yourself and others out of the Switch. If you do lock
yourself out, try using out-of-band management (via the management port) to
configure the Switch.

4.6 Resetting the Switch

If you lock yourself (and others) from the Switch or forget the administrator
password, you will need to reload the factory-default configuration file or reset the
Switch back to the factory defaults.

4.6.1 Reload the Configuration File

Uploading the factory-default configuration file replaces the current configuration
file with the factory-default configuration file. This means that you will lose all
previous configurations and the speed of the console port will be reset to the
default of 9600bps with 8 data bit, no parity, one stop bit and flow control set to
none. The password will also be reset to "1234" and the IP address to
192.168.1.1.
To upload the configuration file, do the following:
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