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Thanks for the tips. &nbsp;<br />
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I fairly certain this network is flat (also I have been told as much), but I am always skeptical of things I don't have first hand knowledge of. &nbsp;So I will err on the side of caution with regards to VTP. &nbsp;The switches it will be uplinking to are all old and cheap Netgears, which are layer 2. &nbsp;There is one other Cisco, with a few things going into it, and that is all I am worried about. &nbsp;I am not going to start any of this until I got Spiceworks up and running and it can give me a better idea of whats what and actually on the network. &nbsp;LOL, nothing is labeled at all, so its going to take a while to trace and untangle things.<br />
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Have a good weekend :-)
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I have a Cisco Catalyst 2960-S series SI switch with an unknown existing configuration. &nbsp;I would like to reset it back to factory settings and erase the vlan database file. &nbsp;<br />
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My hope is that I can get it running as a simple switch for a flat network with no VLANS. &nbsp;The features that I care about are its 48 1GB ports and the POE support.<br />
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So I am just wondering what it's default state would be coming out of a factory reset? &nbsp;Will it be (effectively) a layer 2 device that wont bunk anything on the existing network? &nbsp;Do I still need to switch it from VTP Server to Client mode? &nbsp;<br />
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I am unfamiliar with this network, and I don't want it monkeying any existing VLANs/network configs, which there shouldn't be. &nbsp;But just in case. &nbsp;I have inherited this network.
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Hello.

I have a Cisco Catalyst 2960-S series SI switch with an unknown existing configuration.  I would like to reset it back to factory settings and erase the vlan database file.  

My hope is that I can get it running as a simple switch for a flat network with no VLANS.  The features that I care about are its 48 1GB ports and the POE support.

So I am just wondering what it's default state would be coming out of a factory reset?  Will it be (effectively) a layer 2 device that wont bunk anything on the existing network?  Do I still need to switch it from VTP Server to Client mode?  

I am unfamiliar with this network, and I don't want it monkeying any existing VLANs/network configs, which there shouldn't be.  But just in case.  I have inherited this network.

Is the Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series SI configured as a flat or layer-2 switch in its factory state?

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