Recovering From A Failed Command Switch Without Hsrp; Recovering From A Lost Or Forgotten Password - Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 26 Troubleshooting
Step 10 When prompted, assign a name to the cluster, and press Return.
The cluster name can be 1 to 31 alphanumeric characters, dashes, or underscores.
When the initial configuration appears, verify that the addresses are correct.
Step 11
If the displayed information is correct, enter Y, and press Return.
Step 12
If this information is not correct, enter N, press Return, and begin again at Step 9.
Start your browser, and enter the IP address of the new command switch.
Step 13
From the Cluster menu, select Add to Cluster to display a list of candidate switches to add to the cluster.

Recovering from a Failed Command Switch Without HSRP

If a command switch fails and there is no standby command switch configured, member switches
continue forwarding among themselves, and they can still be managed through normal standalone
means. You can configure member switches through the console-port CLI, and they can be managed
through SNMP, HTML, and Telnet after you assign an IP address to them.
The password that you enter when you log in to the command switch gives you access to member
switches. If the command switch fails and there is no standby command switch, you can use the
command-switch password to recover. For more information, see the
Switch Failure" section on page

Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password

Follow these steps if you have forgotten or lost the switch password.
Connect a terminal or PC with terminal emulation software to the console port. For more information,
Step 1
refer to the switch hardware installation guide.
Note
Step 2 Set the line speed on the emulation software to 9600 baud.
Step 3 Unplug the switch power cord.
Press the Mode button, and at the same time, reconnect the power cord to the switch.
Step 4
You can release the Mode button a second or two after the LED above port 1X goes off. Several lines of
information about the software appear, as do instructions:
The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash file system. These
commands will initialize the flash file system, and finish loading the operating system
software:
flash_init
load_helper
boot
Initialize the Flash file system:
Step 5
switch: flash_init
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You can configure your switch for Telnet by following the procedure in the
section on page 2-9.
Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide
Using Recovery Procedures
"Recovering from a Command
"Accessing the CLI"
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