Aruba 7030
Start the console session.
Plug in serial cable to console port of device from PC COM1 port
Open PuTTY and select "Serial" connection type, leave baud rate (Speed) and other settings as default.
Plug power into device and if a power button exists, turn it on.
Access the cpboot commandline.
When prompted press Ctrl X to stop autoboot before the countdown ends:
DDR3 Initialization Passed. NBU0 DRAM BAR0 base: 00000000 limit: 0013f000 xlate: 00000001 node: 00000000 ( 0 MB -> 320 MB, size: 320 MB) NBU0 DRAM BAR1 base: 001d0000 limit: 00bff000 xlate: 00090001 node: 00000000 ( 464 MB -> 3072 MB, size: 2608 MB) NBU0 DRAM BAR2 base: 00e00000 limit: 0128f000 xlate: 00290001 node: 00000000 ( 3584 MB -> 4752 MB, size: 1168 MB) Hit Ctrl + X keys to stop autoboot: 0 cpxload#
Erase the configuration.
Type the format 0:2 command then y to confirm:
cpboot> format 0:2 Format will erase everything on eUSB flash's partition 2 USB0: setting speed to USB_SPEED_HIGH 2 USB Device(s) found #1 Storage Device(s) found #Are you sure you want to continue (y/n)? y Formatting: start: 793104 end: 7809024 ################################################################################# … ############################################### done
Type the purgeenv command followed by the saveenv and reset commands:
cpboot> purgeenv Un-Protected 1 sectors Erasing Flash... . done Writing to Flash... done Protected 1 sectors cpboot> saveenv Saving Environment to Flash... Un-Protected 1 sectors Erasing Flash... . done Writing to Flash... done Protected 1 sectors cpboot> reset Image is signed; verifying checksum... passed Signer Cert OK Policy Cert OK RSA signature verified.
Copy all the output from the session into your records.
Right-click PuTTY's titlebar, from that dropdown menu click on "Copy All to Clipboard"
Open the file of record certifying the deconfiguration of this device and use CTRL V to paste all the output from PuTTY into that file. Formatting the text with a fixed-width font helps it look more readable.
End the session.
Close PuTTy.