Step 2 Set the line speed on the emulation software to 9600 baud. Step 3 Power off the standalone switch or the entire switch stack. Step 4 Reconnect the power cord to the switch or the active switch. As soon as the System LED blinks, press and release the Mode button 2-3 times. The switch enters the ROMMON mode. The following console messages are displayed during the reload: Initializing Hardware... System Bootstrap, Version 16.6.1r [FC1], RELEASE SOFTWARE (P) Compiled Sat 07/15/2017 8:31:57.39 by rel Current image running: Primary Rommon Image Last reset cause:
SoftwareReload Start pressing and releasing the mode button C9300-24U platform with 8388608 Kbytes of main memory attempting to boot from [flash:packages.conf] Located file packages.conf # ##################################################################### Unable to load cat9k-rpboot.16.06.02b.SPA.pkg Failed to boot file flash:user/packages.conf ERROR: failed to boot from flash:packages.conf (Aborted) will abort switch: switch: ROMMON Proceed to the Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled section, and follow the steps. Step 5 After recovering the password, reload the switch or the active switch. On a switch: Switch> reload Proceed with reload?
[confirm] y Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled Procedure Step 1 Enable manual boot mode. Device: MANUAL_BOOT=yes Step 2 Ignore the startup configuration with the following command: Device: SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=1 Note Troubleshooting the Software Configuration Procedure with Password Recovery Enabled Troubleshooting the Software Configuration 15