Reset Configuration Defaults via CLI Command

If you want to reset the configuration to default, but keep management IP settings, do the following:

  1. Execute the command: reload defaults keep-ip
  2. Check interface and IP address, and confirm only management IP setting is kept.
  3. Execute the command: copy running-config startup-config
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If you want to reset all configurations to the default:

  1. Execute the command: reload defaults
  2. Check interface VLAN and IP address, and confirm they all change to default settings.
  3. Execute the command: copy running-config startup-config
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