Cisco 2960 8TC-L startup

Posted by: Stover on 08 October 2018

I received a s/h 2960 yesterday. The former owner has set it to factory settings. As far as I can read from this forum, my next step is to replace my current switch with the 2960, by plugging ethernet, nas and 272 into the 8 ports, then plug in powercable and switch on? No "mode" settings either?

Am I right? Thanks

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Posted on: 08 October 2018 by Obsydian

Yes just plug and play, once you have green lights for each input used, you are good to go.

IF it needs resetting, just press and hold the button top left until all the lights come on then let go.

Posted on: 09 October 2018 by Stover

Thanks. Plug all the cables and power up then. I have a pushbutton front left, not top left.

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Posted on: 09 October 2018 by Mercky

It will go through a start up sequence for a few mins with various LED's flashing etc and then it should lock and your good to go

Posted on: 09 October 2018 by ChrisSU

If it has been reset to factory default settings by the previous owner, you don’t need to do anything more than turn it on and connect your devices to it. It will function as an unmanaged switch, other than that it takes a couple of minutes longer to start up while it does POST checks etc. 

Posted on: 09 October 2018 by Stover

Thanks again, very confirming 

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Posted on: 09 October 2018 by Stover

Placebo? This is crazy, can`t believe it 

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