Problems with Cisco 2950

[Wildebeaste]

Hello,

 

I'm having problems with a Cisco Ws-C2950T-24. It lost power for a few seconds yesterday and came back on a little 'brain dead'. It seems to have lost all it's configuration, which wouldn't be a problem if I could get it to accept any new configuration.

 

For Express Setup the switch is connected directly to a laptop, which works fine but when I save, nothing seems to happen. Connecting back to the normal network there's still no access, so it would seem that it's not accepting the changes.

 

I've tried manually erasing in Telnet with 'write erase' but it just hangs. Either way, unplugging the power returns it to the factory default settings.

 

Is my switch deader than the Nowegian Blue?

[bossman]

@Wildebeaste:

 

Seems like the eprom that store the config files could have been fried

 

Hope not as that will cost, is it under warranty?

[Michael]

I agree it sounds like the switch is fried

[Wildebeaste]

Thanks for the replies, folks.

 

At the moment the switch is up and running and has been reconfigured.

 

It took about thirty attempts with Express Setup but it finally held an IP and after several power ups it's still holding!

 

It remains to be seen whether it'll last... the switch is over five years old so if it forgets itself again, it's time for a visit to Mr Skip.

[Willott]

If it does it again... could it visit me instead... could do with another switch for my home lab, even if it's misbehaving, it'll mean I have a real problem to troubleshoot, rather than a made up one!

 

Cheers