Factory Reset of a Fabric Interconnect

To do a factory reset you will have to SSH into the FI’s.

FI-Hyperflex-A# connect local-mgmt
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FI-Hyperflex-A(local-mgmt)# erase configuration
All UCS configurations will be erased and system will reboot. Are you sure? (yes/no):yes
Removing all the configuration. Please wait....
/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/bootflash/sysdebug//tftpd_logs': Device or resource busy
sudo: cannot get working directory
sudo: cannot get working directory
sudo: cannot get working directory
sudo: cannot get working directory
Configurations are cleaned up. Rebooting....

Factory Reset of the Fabric Interconnect

The fabric interconnects are rebooting again and now you need a console cable to configure the FI’s for the first time. You can see that at the post : Initial setup of a Fabric Interconnect.

Be careful with a factory reset ! Everything will be erased and no configuration is left. Not even the IP’s.