7 Mar 2026

Factory reset Cisco IOS XE (3650 ...)

IOS XE (3650 ...)

- Boot switch to ROMMON mode (plug power cord and hold mode button at the same time until 2 led lights turn orange)
- In putty the screen will show "switch:"
- Enter
        flash_init 
        SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=1
        boot flash:packages.conf 
After reboot (and press Enter) the screen will be "Switch>" :-)
    Enter:
        en
        wr er
        delete vlan.dat (del flash:vlan.dat)
        wr

        Reboot Cisco 3650 switch into ROMMON and edit SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=0
    Reboot

The rest
- Boot Cisco switch to ROMMON (by interrupting the boot process Ctrl-Break)



 


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