Lab 4.1: Console Access Mini-Lab
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During this lab we got our hands on real CISCO hardware and were able to tinker with the CLI.
After connection to the console port open Device Manager
Take now of the COM<Num> is. This will be used later in the PuTTY config
You want the setting to be the same as the table below
Variable | Value |
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3. Now open PuTTY and navigator to Serial
under SSH
4. Now under Session Select the COM<Num> from earlier
5. Click Open
and if everything was setup properly you should be in the CISCO CLI
Say no
if prompted to run setup wizard
Enter privileged mode enable
Enter the command write erase
, which erases the NVRAM file system and removes all files.
At the prompt, confirm that you want to erase all files.
Enter command reload
, and enter no
when prompted whether to save the configuration. (Otherwise, the switch will reload the current running configuration.)
Confirm that you want to reload the switch, and your switch configuration is almost clean.
Upon reboot, say no
if prompted to run setup wizard
Bits per sec
9600
Data bits
8
Parity
None
Stop bits
1
Flow Control
None