QUESTION
For a Cisco 2960-S switch, when connecting on the console port, normally the prompt is:
SwitchName>
then you issue an enable
command and end-up with a prompt like:
SwitchName#
However, I stumbled to diagnostic a switch which was improperly booted with this prompt:
switch:
Note that the hostname wasn't shown, switch:
is the exact prompt displayed, ending with a colon. I tried finding more information about this mode so that I can understand what happened and if it will happen again, but couldn't.
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT
- there was a blinking-amber light on the front panel (I must admit I did not note which one, but it was one of the top ones, I think it could be RPS)
- this was following a power outage
- none of the ports had any indicators ON
- no command of my knowledge were recognized on that prompt
- I ended-up powering off twice the switch until it booted properly again
- I haven't been able to reproduce since