Solved Bare metal switch

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Re: Upgrading a switch IOS
Ok. I inadvertently erased flash: on my Catalyst 2950 and cannot reload IOS 12.2 again. The problem I am having with tftp is that I need to be able to set up an IP address on the switch to upload IOS. Anyone has any suggestions? I am novice in Networking.
Thanks

@Mamadou-Cisse,

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-2950-series-switches/41845-192.html

The link above will provide a step by step procedures. Just scroll down to the section that begins with Step-by-Step Recovery Procedure

This would be the same procedure that I would type out here but this is directly from Cisco. Let us know if you need any additional help!

I did this once....during an interview.

needles to say I didn't get the job. I went home and I erased my own switches and practiced reloading IOS.

I always found it frustrating that you can interrupt boot up remotely on routers but not on most switches.

Hi Ronnie,
I cam across this link before when I first ran into this issue. In my case, there is nothing in flash: , I formatted it and it is completely empty. After entering load_helper then copy tftp flash, I always receive a "tftp::permission denied" error. I am using Solarwinds TFTP, by the way.
Thanks

@Mamadou-Cisse,

On that same page, instead of using tftp, you'll need to use the xmodem recovery method instead for the switch recovery, it's toward the bottom of the page.

Thank you Ronnie. I will try this and let you know. You guys are great!

Thank you, Ronnie!! It worked. The problem was I thought of Xmodem as another TFTP tool hence did not pay any attention to it. Thanks again.

@Mamadou-Cisse,

just glad it helped!