HP 2520g-poe User Manual

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Troubleshooting
Restoring the Factory Default Configuration
Restoring the Factory Default 
Configuration
As part of your troubleshooting process on the Switch, it may become 
necessary to return the switch configuration to the factory default settings. 
This clears any passwords, clears the console event log, resets the network 
counters to zero, performs a complete self test, and reboots the switch into 
its factory default configuration including deleting the IP address, if one is 
configured.
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This process removes all switch configuration changes that you have made 
from the factory default settings. This includes, for example, configuration of 
VLANs, Spanning Tree, trunks, and stacking. Returning the configuration of 
these features to their factory default settings (usually disabling them) may 
result in network connectivity issues.
If the switch has a valid configuration, and you are restoring the factory default 
settings for a reason other than configuration problems, you should save the 
switch configuration prior to performing the factory default reset. Then, after 
the reset and resolution of the original problem, you can restore the saved 
configuration to the switch. For both the save and restore processes, you can 
use the console 
copy command. For more information on this command, see 
the Management and Configuration Guide, which is on the ProCurve Web 
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You can restore the factory default configuration either on the switch itself, 
or through the switch console.
To execute the factory default reset on the switch, perform these steps:
1.
Using pointed objects, simultaneously press both the Reset and Clear 
buttons on the front of the switch. The power and fault lights come on.
2.
Continue to press the Clear button while releasing the Reset button.
3.
When the Self Test LED begins to flash, release the Clear button.
The switch will then complete its self test and begin operating with its 
configuration restored to the factory default settings.
To restore the factory default configuration using the console, execute the 
erase startup-config command from the console command prompt.