Problems with my new switch

Tricon7

I just got a new switch off of eBay; this is the first time I've actually gone into it to do commands, as I'm only in Cisco 3. It boots up fine, but it's not taking some commands, saying "invalid input" or something like that. It's a Cisco Catalyst 2900 XL. When I do a "show flash" command, I get an error. Here are some other problems:

Jeff#delete vlan.dat
%Error parsing vlan.dat (No such device)
%Error parsing vlan.dat (No such device)
Jeff#erase start
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

I was doing a basic lab on it from class notes, which is why it has passwords on it and a few other basic commands, but I wanted to erase it all and start over, but with no success. So, with my limited knowledge of switches, I'm kind of at an impasse. Any suggestions?

[Just to be thorough, here's the output from the "show version" command]:

Jeff#show versionPassword:
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software run
Building configuration...
IOS (tm) C2900XL Software (C2900XL-H2S-M), Version 11.2(8.1)SA6, MAINTENANCE INT 11.2
no service pad
service password-encryption
ERIM SOFTWARE
no se
System image file is "flash:c2900XL-h2s-mz-112.8.1-SA6.bin", booted via


cisco WS-C2924-XL (PowerPC403GA) processor (revision 0x11) with 8192K/1024K byte
s of memory.
Processor board ID 0x0E, with hardware revision 0x01
Last reset from warm-reset

Processor is running Enterprise Edition Software
Cluster member switch capable
24 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:30:80:3B:4E:80
Motherboard assembly number: 73-3382-07
Power supply part number: 34-0834-01
Motherboard serial number: FAA033399A5
Power supply serial number: PHI032503W4
Model revision number: A0
Model number: WS-C2924-XL-EN
System serial number: FAA0333I182
Configuration register is 0xF

widjerd

i can remember but i think you need to be in config mode

also to delete vlan.dat you need to do

delete flash:vlan.dat

manic

the vlans need to be deleted individualy if i remember corectly. the config should be able to be dumbed by an erase nvram once again if i remember corectly dont have a switch on right now to check cmd sytax. the erase start wouldnt do anything if you didnt issue a copy run start aswell...perhaps you want to do an erase run? i always did an erase nvram...

elegua

Hi.

sw#delete vlan.dat should delete all the vlans, i just did it in my 2924 and worked, i got the last IOS and probably this is your problem.

Hope this help.

tech-airman

Tricon7 wrote:

I just got a new switch off of eBay; this is the first time I've actually gone into it to do commands, as I'm only in Cisco 3. It boots up fine, but it's not taking some commands, saying "invalid input" or something like that. It's a Cisco Catalyst 2900 XL. When I do a "show flash" command, I get an error. Here are some other problems:

Jeff#delete vlan.dat
%Error parsing vlan.dat (No such device)
%Error parsing vlan.dat (No such device)
Jeff#erase start
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

I was doing a basic lab on it from class notes, which is why it has passwords on it and a few other basic commands, but I wanted to erase it all and start over, but with no success. So, with my limited knowledge of switches, I'm kind of at an impasse. Any suggestions?

[Just to be thorough, here's the output from the "show version" command]:

Jeff#show versionPassword:
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software run
Building configuration...
IOS (tm) C2900XL Software (C2900XL-H2S-M), Version 11.2(8.1)SA6, MAINTENANCE INT 11.2
no service pad
service password-encryption
ERIM SOFTWARE
no se
System image file is "flash:c2900XL-h2s-mz-112.8.1-SA6.bin", booted via


cisco WS-C2924-XL (PowerPC403GA) processor (revision 0x11) with 8192K/1024K byte
s of memory.
Processor board ID 0x0E, with hardware revision 0x01
Last reset from warm-reset

Processor is running Enterprise Edition Software
Cluster member switch capable
24 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:30:80:3B:4E:80
Motherboard assembly number: 73-3382-07
Power supply part number: 34-0834-01
Motherboard serial number: FAA033399A5
Power supply serial number: PHI032503W4
Model revision number: A0
Model number: WS-C2924-XL-EN
System serial number: FAA0333I182
Configuration register is 0xF

Tricon7,

Can you type "#show startup-config"? I'm asking if you're able to type the command and not for you to post the output from it.

Tricon7

elegua wrote:

Hi.

sw#delete vlan.dat should delete all the vlans, i just did it in my 2924 and worked, i got the last IOS and probably this is your problem.

Hope this help.

Tried that, no success. If you noticed in my post, this was the output:

Jeff#delete vlan.dat
%Error parsing vlan.dat (No such device)
%Error parsing vlan.dat (No such device)

manic

sh run??

mgeorge

You are forgetting to put the location of this file.

delete flash:vlan.dat

enjoy