How to clear configuration on a Broadcom interconnect switch while retaining remote connectivity
Applies to
- Broadcom BES-53248 switch
- Cluster interconnect switch
- All RCF versions
Description
While installing a Reference Configuration File (RCF) on a Broadcom BES-53248 cluster interconnect Ethernet switch, it might be required to have the existing configuration wiped.
- EFOS uses the clear config command to erase/reset the configuration on the switch
- According to Broadcom documentation, the clear config command does the following:
- Resets the configuration of the switch to the configuration present in the factory-defaults configuration file if this file is present, without powering off the switch.
- If the factory-defaults configuration file is not present, then EFOS compile-time defaults are applied on the switch.
- If the factory-defaults configuration is not present, then the current system configuration such as serviceport configuration would be lost - the switch is no longer remotely accessible
WARNING This procedure is only for the cluster interconnect switch configuration of the BES-53248. For MetroCluster IP switch configuration, refer to Upgrade RCF files on MetroCluster IP switches. |